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Italian

Department of Romance Studies' Lecturers in Italian
Seated, from left: Laura Raffo, Rita Coté, Luisella Raffo
Standing, from left: Rosella Marino and Laura Brusetti McGinn

Italian Studies at Boston University offers a complete undergraduate preparation in the fields of Italian language, literature and culture.

Dennis Costa (also a specialist in Comparative Literature) teaches courses on the earliest poetry in Italian and a two-semester seminar on Dante's Commedia, as well as courses on Petrarca, Renaissance literature, and on the humanist movement in the Renaissance. Nancy Harrowitz teaches courses on 19th and 20th century Italian literature, on the Italian novel, on literature and film during/in response to the fascist period, and on Primo Levi, and is a specialist in Holocaust studies as well. Claretta Tonetti and Laura Raffo, full-time lecturers in our program, teach courses on Italian film and on aspects of contemporary Italian culture. Our courses in advanced language and Italian culture (Italian media, Italian film) on the Boston campus are supplemented by the curriculum of our study abroad program (CIES/Center for Italian & European Studies) in Padova in coordination with the Universita' degli Studi di Padova.