Italiani nel mondo

L’Italia ha un lunga storia di emigrazione in vari paesi del mondo e attraverso i secoli a partire soprattutto dall’Ottocento.

L’arretratezza agricola spinse migliaia di lavoratori, che vivevano in situazioni precarie, ad abbandonare la penisola alla ricerca di una vita e un futuro migliori.

In questo corso, parleremo dei vari flussi migratori nelle Americhe, in Europa e Gran Bretagna. Il corso, adatto per studenti con un buon livello di italiano, si focalizzera` soprattutto su quei personaggi che hanno avuto fortuna all’estero e che hanno fatto grande l’Italia all’estero. Vedremo documentari, ascolteremo interviste, leggeremo articoli e memorie.

This course is for students with advanced language skills (A-level or above) who have the ability to hold a general conversation in Italian. The course will be taught through the medium of Italian.

Learning and teaching

The emphasis of the course is on participation and students are encouraged to actively participate in class through various non-threatening forms of activities designed to stimulate communication.

Coursework and assessment

To award credits we need to have evidence of the knowledge and skills you have gained or improved. Some of this has to be in a form that can be shown to external examiners so that we can be absolutely sure that standards are met across all courses and subjects.

You will not have formal examinations but you may have class tests. Our assessments are flexible to suit the course and the student.

The most important element of assessment is that it should enhance your learning. Our methods are designed to increase your confidence and we try very hard to devise ways of assessing you that are enjoyable and suitable for adults with busy lives.

Reading suggestions

Materials will be provided – handouts and resources on learning central.

Library Resources

• Bevilacqua Piero, Andreina De Clementi and Emilio Franzina, eds., Storia dell’Emigrazione Italiana: Arrivi (Roma: Donzelli Editore, 2002)
• Bevilacqua Piero, Andreina De Clementi and Emilio Franzina, eds., Storia dell’Emigrazione Italiana: Partenze (Roma: Donzelli Editore, 2001
• 3.Bottignolo, Bruno, Without a Bell Tower (Roma: Centro Studi Emigrazione, 1985)
• Briani, Vittorio, Italian Immigrants Abroad: A Bibliography on the Italian Experience Outside Italy in Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Africa = Emigrazione e ... Bibliografico (English and Italian Edition) (Detroit : B. Ethridge Books, c1979)
• Chezzi, Bruna, Cultural Representations of Italians in Wales, 1920s-2010s (Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridhe Scholars Press, 2015)
• Colpi, Terri, The Italian factor. The Italian Community in Great Britain Edimburgh and London: Mainstream, 1991)
• Giudici, Marco, Migration, Memory and Identity: Italians and Nation-Building in Wales, 1940-2010, (unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Bangor, 2012)
• Hughes, Colin, Lime Lemon & Sarsaparilla. The Italian community in South Wales, 1881-1945 (Bridgend: Seren Books, 1991)

Library and computing facilities

As a student on this course you are entitled to join and use the University’s library and computing facilities. Find out more about using these facilities.

Accessibility

Our aim is access for all. We aim to provide a confidential advice and support service for any student with a long term medical condition, disability or specific learning difficulty. We are able to offer one-to-one advice about disability, pre-enrolment visits, liaison with tutors and co-ordinating lecturers, material in alternative formats, arrangements for accessible courses, assessment arrangements, loan equipment and dyslexia screening.