Language and Literature - Modern Language and Literature

The Italian Language and Literature program offers courses of Italian language, literature and civilization, curricular and extracurricular activities in the field of specialized and literary translation, exchange opportunities to universities in Italy and Europe, intensive modules for beginners. Students of Italian will gain profound knowledge and critical analysis capacity in the field of Italian Literature, Linguistics and Philology, as well as the capacity to use the Italian language in written and oral contexts, in a variety of professional settings.

The specialization can be combined with English as a segment B language. The mandatory courses follow the historical evolution of English and American literature (the Medieval and Renaissance English literature, the literature of the Enlightenment, the poetry of the 18th century and Romanticism, the literature of the Victorian Era, the English literature of the 20th century, contemporary English literature, American literature) and developing students’ knowledge of traditional linguistics (phonetics, lexicology, morphology, syntax, language history) and theoretical linguistics (formal semantics, generative grammar).