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FOOD CULTURES IN ITALIAN LITERATURE

LITTRANS 200
Course Description

Investigate the representation of food in Italian literature from the 19th Century to the present and the connection between food and identity in Italy and Italophone culture. Covers novels, short stories and poems and work on methods of literary analysis by focusing on questions of genre, narrative structure, characters, metaphorical and allegorical interpretation, etc. The theme of food (in relation to hunger, class, gender, identity, diaspora, sustainability, etc.) is central in the literary material included.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.38

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
46.15%

No change from Historical

Class Size
13

No change from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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