Studia Europaea (SEA)

Requirements 2003-05

Area Studies options
Italy / Studia Italica

Italian Studies is one of the specialist options within the Studia Europaea programme. Students can complete 10 cr (20 ECTS) at subject studies level mainly as set book exams.

BASIC STUDIES (10 cr)
Compulsory core (5 cr)

SEa131E Italy: Country, Culture, Identity (3 cr) 480364
Set book exam, parts 1–3, one book of each. 

1. H. Laaksonen (ed.), Italia: vastakohtien maa
L. Passerini Hopkinson (ed.), Italy. Some facts and figures. 

2. L. Barzini, Gli Italiani
D. Forgacs – Robert Lumley (ed.), Italian Cultural Studies: An introduction
Zygmunt G. Baránski and Rebecca J. West (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture

3. G. Calcagno (ed.), L’identità degli Italiani
Gino Bedani and Bruce Haddock Cardiff (ed.), The Politics of Italian National Identity: A multidisciplinary perspective
C. Levy (ed.), Italian Regionalism: History, identity and politics. 
Examiner: Elina Suolahti, Department of Romance Languages, 191 23429, elina.suolahti@helsinki.fi

One of the above can be exchanged for a set book on the Italian language situation (1 cr) 
A. Tosi, Language and Society in a Changing Italy or
L. Coveri, Le varietà dell’italiano
Examiner: Elina Suomela-Härmä, Department of Romance Languages, tel. 191 23372, elina.suomela-harma@helsinki.fi 
 

SEa132E Italian Society (2 cr) 480365
Set book exam: 
P. Ginsborg, Italy and Its Discontents. Family, civil society, state: 1980–2001 (2 cr)
S. Cassese, Ritratto dell’Italia. Storia e società (1 cr)
A. Martinelli and A.-M. Chiesi, La società italiana (1 cr)
D.Sassoon (ed.), Contemporary Italy: Economy, society and politics since 1945 (1 cr)
R. D. Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic traditions in modern Italy (1 cr) Examiner: Giuseppe Feroldi, Language Centre, giferold@hotmail.com

Electives (5 cr)    

Choose from the following options.

SEa133E Italian history (1–3 cr) 480366
Examiner: Elina Suolahti, Department of Romance Languages, tel. 191 23429, elina.suolahti@helsinki.fi.

Overview of Italian History (1 cr) 
One of the following in a set book exam:  
C. Duggan, Breve storia d’Italia
C. Duggan, A Concise History of Italy
H. Hearder, Italy. A short history. 

Specific era (1–2 cr)
Contact the examiner about set books

SEa134E Italian Culture (1–3 cr) 480367 
“Introduction to Culture” is compulsory. The rest of the credits can be chosen freely.

Introduction to Culture (1 cr) 
Set book exam:  
C. Stajano and F. Angelini, La cultura italiana del Novecento (in part, to be agreed with the examiner) or
J. C. White, Italy: The enduring culture.
Examiner: Marja Härmänmaa, Language Centre, tel. 191 24496, marja.harmanmaa@helsinki.fi.

History of Art (1–2 cr)
Set book exam:
A. Chastel, Storia dell’arte italiana I–II or P. Burke, E. Bianchin, C. Dorey (ed.), History of Italian Art I–II (part I 1 cr, parts I–II 2 cr).
Examiner: Nicola Ugas, Language Centre, nicola.ugas@arklylykangas.com.

Film (1–2 cr)
Set book exam:
F. Montini (ed.), Il cinema italiano del terzo millennio. I protagonisti della rinascita (1 cr)
E. Giacovelli, La commedia all’italiana. La storia, i luoghi, gli autori, gli attori, i film (1 cr)
G. P. Brunetta, Guida alla storia del cinema italiano 1905–2003 (1 cr)
M. Landy, Italian Film (1 cr)
M. Liehm, Passion and Defiance: Film in Italy from 1942 to the present (1 cr)
P. Bondanella, Italialainen elokuva neorealismista nykypäivään (1 cr). Examiner: Elina Suolahti, Department of Romance Languages, tel. 191 23429, elina.suolahti@helsinki.fi.

Opera and Music (1–2 cr)
Set book exam:
F. Dorsi, Storia dell'opera italiana (2 cr)
D. Kimbell, Italian Opera (2 cr)
W. Weaver, The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini (1 cr)
J. Tambling, Opera and the Culture of Fascism (1 cr)
J. Rosselli, The Opera Industry from Cimarosa to Verdi. The Role of the Impresario (1 cr)
D. Pistone, Nineteenth-Century Italian opera from Rossini to Puccini (1 cr)
J. Rosselli, Music and Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Italy (1 cr)
H. Sachs, Music in Fascist Italy (1 cr).
Examiner: Marja Härmänmaa, Language Centre, tel. 191 24496, marja.harmanmaa@helsinki.fi.

Intellectual Tradition (1–2 cr)
Set book exam:
U. Dotti, Storia degli intellettuali in Italia I–III (each vol. 1 cr): I Idee, mentalità e conflitti da Dante alla crisi dell'umanesimo, II Crisi e liberazione da Machiavelli a Galilei, III Temi e ideologie dagli illuministi a Gramsci.
Examiner: Elina Suolahti, Department of Romance Languages, tel. 191 23429, elina.suolahti@helsinki.fi.