Forwarded on behalf of "Domenico Fiormonte" <[log in to unmask]>
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Cara Irene (if I may), nell'archivio di Bollettino '900
a questo indirizzo:
http://italia.hum.utah.edu/~pellizzi/discus.htm
trovi una lunga serie di interventi sulla crisi e sul ruolo
dell'italianistica. Sono messaggi
apparsi originariamente sulla lista curata da Federico Pellizzi e
altri all'universita' di Bologna. Il dibattito e' stato interessante,
a tratti appassionato (nel senso buono), e mi ricordo che si e'
parlato anche di Italian Studies.
Buona lettura...
Domenico Fiormonte
> I just joined yesterday and I already have a very general question
> for everyone involved in Italian Studies. I have been professor of
> Italian at the California State University, Long Beach, for 15
> years. Our program is small, but we are now working to establish a
> Major. It seems to me that presently the tendency is to go towards
> Italian Studies majors rather than a more traditional one in
> Language and Literature. What is, however, the interpretation(s)
> given to "Italian Studies" and to "Italian Culture"? I believe that
> the base for it should still be literature, understood in a large
> comprehensive sense, but I worry that very often other areas of
> studies, such as history, are given too much emphasis. I would hate
> to see "literature" take a second place behind history or other
> disciplines, under the mistaken notion that literature is too
> "difficult" and "alien". Literature is an indispensable instrument
> to understand all aspects of any culture and an enjoyable one as
> well (see Leopardi’s literary politics!) Am I wrong? I would like
> to open a debate on this issue and hopefully I can receive ideas to
> support my point inside my institution! Write back in Italian or
> English! Thanks! Irene Marchegiani Jones
>
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