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Sacramento State Faculty

Barbara Carle, Department of World Languages and Literatures

Contact Information

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Barbara Carle

Emerita Professor of Italian

Office Location: No longer on campus
Office Hours: Currently responds to e-mail
Mailing Address: Dept. of World Languages and Literatures, CSUS, 6000 J Street

General Information

Italian Poetry, Literary Translation & Criticism
Barbara Carle: Poetry in Italian and in English
Department of World Languages & Literatures
College of Arts & Letters

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Quant'è bella giovinezza

che si fugge tuttavia!

Chi vuol esser lieto, sia:

di doman non c'è certezza!

- Lorenzo il Magnifico, Trionfo di Bacco e Arianna

Please contact Professor Viola Ardeni, the new Italian Area Head, for questions on the program: viola.ardeni@csus.edu, Mariposa Hall, 2051.

[...] seggendo in piuma

in fama non si vien né sotto coltre

- Dante, Divina Commedia, Inferno XXIV

Italian Program at Sac State

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X Reasons to Learn Italian

Italian Minor at Sac State Campus or at Florence Campus

Special Major possible, advanced work in Italian at Sac State also possible

Language Courses: Gateway to the Minor

Italian 1A Elementary Italian
Italian 1B Elementary Italian
Italian 2A Intermediate Italian
Italian 2B Advanced Intermediate Italian

Courses required for the Minor in Italian: (12 units minimum)

The Italian Minor combines courses on Italian CINEMA, LITERATURE, and CULTURE


Italian 102 Italian Advanced Conversation or Italian 104A
Italian 103 Advanced Grammar and Composition or Italian 130
Italian 104A Introduction to Italian Cinema I (G.E. course)
Italian 104B Introduction to Italian Cinema II
Italian 110 Introduction to Italian Literature I DANTE
Italian 111 Introduction to Italian Literature II CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POETRY
Italian 130 Italian Civilization The Dialogue Form (G.E. Course)
Italian 131 The Italian Renaissance and Its Influence on Western Civilization


Italian 180 Seminar Conducted in English
Italian 194 Field Experience/Internship
Italian 195 Field Work/Tutoring
Italian 196 Experimental Offerings in Italian
Italian 199 Special Problems

Italian Program in Florence

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It's easier than you think to participate in the S T U D Y A B R O A D program!

Amo l'Italia (View Reasons to Love Italy)

Barbara Carle: Poetry, Literary Translation, Criticism

PUBLICATIONS: Creative and Scholarly Works

ITALIAN POETRY: Barbara Carle's Poetry

Dino Ignani: Fotografie di poeti Photographs of Poets

Contemporary Italian Poetry - Ossigeno nascente

Art Books - André Beuchat - Atelier Alma Charta (Toccalmatto, Fontanellato, Parma)

Art Books - Il ragazzo innocuo - Luciano Ragozzino (Milano)

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