Diana Iuele-Colilli
Italian School Faculty
Email: diueleco@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5727
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Dr. Diana Iuele-Colilli holds a B.A. (University of Western Ontario), an M.A. and a Ph.D. (University of Toronto) in Italian Linguistics. She is Professor of Italian Studies at Laurentian University and has been a Visiting Professor at Middlebury College's Scuola italiana since 1997. Her areas of teaching and research are Italian language at all levels, general and historical Italian linguistics, Italian dialectology, language acquisition and Italian-Canadian studies. Along with a variety of articles on Italian dialectology, linguistic acculturation, language pedagogy and the Italian community in Ontario, she is the co-author of Lettura e conversazione (1986), and the author of I friulani di Sudbury (1994), and Italian Faces: Images of the Italian Community of Sudbury/Volti italiani: Immagini della comunità italiana di Sudbury (2000). She has edited The Harvest of a New Life: Documenting, Thinking and Representing the Italian-Canadian Experience (2002) and After the Age of Immigration: The Lives of Italian Canadians (2007). She is also the co-author of the plays I panni sporchi si lavano in famiglia (2008), Ma che brava gente (2009), Vita di tutti i giorni (2010) and Nozze all’arrabbiata (2011). She is currently working on a dictionary of Italiese spoken in Ontario.
E-mail: diuele@laurentian.ca
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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▹ indicates offered in the upcoming term[s]
ITAL 6502 - Advanced Italian
ITAL 6550 - Language & Stylistics ▹
Studies in Language and Stylistics
Designed to develop oral and written proficiency at the advanced
level, this course meets daily for two hours: one hour dedicated to
the study of morphological and syntactic patterns and structures, and
one hour to oral expression. Through the analysis of different
language sectors (i.e. journalism, business, sports, contemporary
jargon) in class, the students will gain better understanding of the
Italian language in its various uses. The aim of this course is also
to help the students find their own Italian voice while speaking and
writing. This endeavor requires daily practice and a particular
attention to problems of stylistics.
* Note: This course is obligatory for all first-time graduate students
except those exempted on the basis of a placement examination.
Students scoring low on the placement test are required to take
3407 without graduate credit and cannot apply to the Florence Program
in Italy (1 Unit).
Required Texts: The instructor will supply all course materials.
Summer 2012
ITAL 6601 - Stylistics
Stylistics: Techniques of Composition and Interpretation
The aim of this course is to help the students to find their own Italian voice while speaking and writing in Italian. This endeavour requires daily practice and a particular attention to problems of stylistics. Through the analysis of different language sectors (i.e. journalism, business, sports, contemporary jargon) in class, the students will gain better understanding of the Italian language in its various uses. Assignments will include translations, linguistic exercises, descriptions, narrations, summaries, essay writing, book reviews and oral presentations. (1 Unit)
All assignments submitted by students and corrected by the professor will be included in the mandatory portfolio
Required Text: L. Craici, Parlare e Scrivere Vallardi 2007, M. Sassu Frescura, Interferenze lessicali italiano-inglese. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984). Recommended Texts: N. Zingarelli, Vocabolario della lingua italiana. Bologna: Zanichelli (latest edition); HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Dictionary. Inglese-Italiano, Italiano-Inglese. Firenze: Sansoni (latest edition).
Additional reading materials will be provided by the instructor
Language & StylisticsSummer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011
ITAL 6683 - The Italian Diaspora ▹
This course will explore the Italian Diaspora, that is, the phenomenon that saw approximately twenty-four million people emigrate from Italy from the 19th century to the present day. After having studied the causes of emigration, students will focus on the impact of Italians and their descendents in their countries of adoption. Special attention will be paid to the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Australia.
Required Text:
Gabaccia, Donna R. Emigranti: Le diaspore degli italiani dal Medioevo a oggi. Torino: Einaudi, 2003
Summer 2008, Summer 2012
