Spring 2027

In Translation: Lit of Modern Italy-existentialism, Fascism, Resistance

Covers Italian history and culture from the Unification (1860) to the 21st century, focusing on existentialism, fascism, and resistance through literary and cultural movements.

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Summary

1 / 7

Past student reviews · Patrick Rumble

Three in-class essays made up the bulk of the grade, and the professor provided clear, detailed analyses that students could use for these assessments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Learn about and understand major Italian modern and contemporary literary and cultural movements, authors, genres, and texts.

  • Demonstrate understanding and ability to analyze literary texts representing a broad spectrum of topics in modern Italian culture and history.

  • Analyze and describe literary, historical, and cultural concepts and phenomena.

  • Demonstrate awareness of difference and diversity by comparing and contrasting culturally situated beliefs, behaviors, and norms of Italy with those found in their own culture.

  • Analyze from multiple perspectives a text, a situation, a context.

  • Articulate ideas effectively in writing, to share information, reactions, and opinions related to topics and texts discussed in the course.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
LITTRANS 254

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PATRICK RUMBLE is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2013, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Patrick Rumble

Students found the course engaging, with interesting books and movies that appealed even to non-literature majors.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.83 GPA, 97.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.77 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=43 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.84 GPA, 90.3% A/AB (n=62 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Patrick Rumble

Three in-class essays made up the bulk of the grade, and the professor provided clear, detailed analyses that students could use for these assessments.

Past student reviews · Patrick Rumble

Some students found the online lectures long and noted the professor took time to analyze books, often going on tangents about Italian history.

Topics

  • Italian history and culture from the Unification (1860) to the 21st century.
  • Existentialism, fascism, and resistance in modern Italian literature.
  • Major Italian modern and contemporary literary and cultural movements, authors, genres, and texts.

Skills

  • Analyzing literary, historical, and cultural texts and concepts.
  • Articulating ideas effectively in writing.
  • Comparing and contrasting cultural beliefs, behaviors, and norms.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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