ITAL 422 |Issues in Italian Studies: Culture giovanili e musicali | FA 15
COURSE INFORMATION
Department Office: SH 224A
Telephone: 594-5111
LARC: SH 204-205
Hours: M-TH, 8-8 p.m.; F, 8-4:30 pm
Final Exam: Tue. Dec. 15, 10:30-12:30
Instructor: Clarissa Clò
Class Location, Days and Times: PSFA 413, T-TH, 11-12:15am
Office Hours Location and Days: SH 226C, T-TH, 12:30-2pm
Phone: 594-1131
Email: cclo@mail.sdsu.edu
COURSE OVERVIEW
Description and Methods:
This course adopts a comparative and interdisciplinary framework to explore Italian youth and musical
cultures and subcultures and their encounter with other American and European countercultural
movements. We will focus primarily on the 1990s with the emergence of hip hop in Italy but our
discussion will also include punk, rock and pop. We will study a selection of productions from different
literary and musical genres (novels, songs, reports, essays, scripts, comics) in diverse media (literature,
film, music, the internet) to explore the transformation of Italian youth culture in different geographical
locations and sites and the different forms it takes. While you will be exposed to new terms in Standard
Italian, you will also understand the significance of vernacular languages and local dialects still being
used or re-discovered as a result of globalization. You will be exposed and will be able to recognize
various youth cultures‘ styles and jargons and to make comparisons among them and those of your own
culture. The course will focus on collaborative knowledge and will be research and project driven.
Goals and Outcomes:
1) The goal of Ital 422 is to explore relevant aspects of Italian culture through an interdisciplinary
methodology. The issues at hand this semester are youth subcultures and their relation to music.
2) You will increase your intermediate to advance proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking
Italian as well as your sophistication in textual analysis through a variety of individual and collaborative
activities (i.e. website, ebook).
3) You’ll be able to make comparisons between youth cultures in your country and youth cultures in Italy
by examining and identifying specific differences or similarities.
4) You’ll be able to assess the impact of Italian youth subcultures on literature and music as well as the
influence of particular authors and artists.
5) You’ll be able to describe some major Italian geographical locations and identities, historical events and
cultural questions (especially related to the 1990s).
6) You’ll acquire research skills and digital literacy through the development of specific projects
(annotations, Pinterest, the creation of an online archive) and the sharing of collective intelligence that
requires tapping into each other’s knowledge and expertise.
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ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
Prerequisites
Ital 422 is an upper-division course open to all students of Italian who have fulfilled their lower division
requirements and completed ITAL 212 or equivalent. It is especially recommended for Italian minors,
European Studies and International Business majors with a concentration in Italian.
Add/Drop: September 4 is the last day to add, drop, or change grading basis (11:59 p.m. deadline).
COURSE MATERIAL
Required texts
1. Materials posted on Blackboard and on Moodle for your course, online through the LARC website at:
http://larcmoodle.sdsu.edu
2. Italian Hip Hop Archive. The material is housed in Special Collections on the 4th floor of Library Addition,
room 4410, open M-F 10am-4pm: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
The Italian Hip Hop Collection has been catalogued here.
3. Pinterest for your course: https://www.pinterest.com/ciaosdsu/
Websites
SDSU Italian Hip Hop: http://godfathersofhiphop.weebly.com
Dizionario Italiano online: http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/
Slangopedia, dizionario del linguaggio giovanile: http://temi.repubblica.it/espresso-slangopedia/
COURSE REQUIREMENTS, ASSESSMENT, AND GRADING
Preparation and
Your preparation for every class period is a requirement of this course.
participation (10%)
You must have read the assigned pages and completed all homework in
advance of coming to class. Your participation in class discussions is
critical to ensure the success of the course.
Compiti (15%)
You will be asked to complete specific assignments and presentations
related to the readings, songs and videos either individually or in a group.
All written work should be typed and double-spaced and in Italian.
PDF annotations and
You will participate in an on going class project to annotate the readings
vocabulary building
and songs for the class with Adobe Acrobat Pro, adding in the text the
(15%)
meaning of the words and expressions you researched in the Treccani
dictionary as well as the cultural references. These activities will broaden
your vocabulary and enhance your writing skills. They will also activate
our class ‘collective intelligence,’ a community-based learning approach
drawing from each other’s knowledges.
Story Maps (15%)
You will create digital story maps to trace the history of Italian youth and
music subcultures, like “centri sociali” and hip hop groups, in space and
time across the Italian peninsula.
Media Project (20%)
You will work collectively to build the Italian hip hop digital project began
here http://godfathersofhiphop.weebly.com and expand it to include the
material studied in class.
Two tests (20%)
A midterm and a final will assess your linguistic proficiency, your
understanding of the material, and your sophistication of analysis.
Cultural Activities (5%)
You are encouraged to participate in the cultural activities organized by
and Pinterest
the Italian Program on and off campus like the San Diego Italian Film
Festival. You will also use Pinterest to produce visuals of the materials we
are readings (locations, objects, people, historical events etc.).
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Grades are defined at SDSU as:
A: Outstanding achievement; available for the highest accomplishment.
B: Praiseworthy performance; definitely above average.
C: Average; awarded for satisfactory performance; the most common undergraduate grade.
D: Minimally passing; less than the typical undergraduate achievement.
F: Failing.
C/NC: Some students may, subject to their major requirements and the conditions set out in the General
Catalog, choose to take the course credit/no credit. Work equivalent to C or above will result in a grade
of Credit; work equivalent to C- or below will result in No Credit.
WU: Indicates that an enrolled student did not withdraw from the course but did not fulfill the course
requirements. For purposes of grade point average computation, this grade is equivalent to an F.
Students who are failing when they stop attending class will receive an F, not a U.
A = 4.0 (93-100)
B = 3.0 (83-86)
C = 2.0 (73-76)
D = 1.0 (63-66)
CR = (73-100)
A- = 3.7 (90-92)
B- = 2.7 (80-82)
C- = 1.7 (70-72)
D- = 0.7 (60-62)
NC = (0-72)
B+ = 3.3 (87-89)
C+ = 2.3 (77-79)
D+ = 1.3 (67-69)
F = 0 (0-59)
WU = n/a
ACCOMODATIONS
The learning environment should be accessible to all. SDSU provides reasonable accommodations in the
following situations:
 Disability: If you are a student with a disability and believe you will need accommodations for
this class, it is your responsibility to contact Student Disability Services at (619) 594-6473. To
avoid any delay in the receipt of your accommodations, you should contact Student Disability
Services as soon as possible. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive, and that
accommodations based upon disability cannot be provided until you have presented your
instructor with an accommodation letter from Student Disability Services. Your cooperation is
appreciated.
 Religion: By the end of the second week of classes, students should notify the instructors of
affected courses of planned absences for religious observances.
 Official university activities (e.g., Athletics): Within the first two weeks of classes, a student who
expects to be part of an official university event or activity shall notify the instructors of affected
courses. At that time, the student shall request accommodation for any missed examinations or
other assignments. If scheduling changes occur, the student shall immediately notify the
instructors.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Cheating and Plagiarism
The University adheres to a strict policy regarding cheating and plagiarism. These activities will not be
tolerated in this class. Become familiar with the policy (http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/srr/conduct1.html).
Any cheating or plagiarism will result in failing this class and a disciplinary review by Student Affairs.
Examples of Plagiarism include but are not limited to:
 Using sources verbatim or paraphrasing without giving proper attribution (this can include
phrases, sentences, paragraphs and/or pages of work)
 Copying and pasting work from an online or offline source directly and calling it your own
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Using information you find from an online or offline source without giving the author credit
Replacing words or phrases from another source and inserting your own words or phrases
Submitting a piece of work you did for one class to another class
If you have questions on what is plagiarism, please consult the policy
(http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/srr/conduct1.html) and this helpful guide from the Library:
(http://infodome.sdsu.edu/infolit/exploratorium/Standard_5/plagiarism.pdf)
Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses. You are plagiarizing or cheating if you:
 for written work, copy down or cut anything from a book, article or website and add or paste it
into your paper without using quotation marks and providing the full reference for the
quotation, including page number
 for written work, summarize / paraphrase in your own words ideas you got from a book, article,
or the web without providing the full reference for the source, including page number
 for an oral presentation, copy down or cut anything from a book, article, or website and present
it orally as if it were your own words. You must summarize and paraphrase in your own words,
and bring a list of references in case the professor asks to see it
 use visuals or graphs you got from a book, article, or website without providing the full
reference for the picture or table
 recycle a paper you wrote for another class
 turn in the same (or a very similar paper) for two classes
 purchase or otherwise obtain a paper and turn it in as your own work
 copy off of a classmate
 use technology or smuggle in documents to obtain or check information in an exam situation
In a research paper, it is always better to include too many references than not enough. When in doubt,
always err on the side of caution. If you have too many references it might make your professor smile; if
you don’t have enough you might be suspected of plagiarism.
In foreign language study, cheating also includes the following:
 Doing your written homework and then having a third party correct it, or having someone else
write your homework for you and turning that in for credit
 Doing assignments with another student and turning in the same or almost the same work.
(Unless you are specifically directed to work in pairs on in groups, college-level work is always
expected to be solely your own.)
 Using an automated translation engine to translate your homework
 Using an available translation of a text on which to base your own translation and turning that in
for credit.
What IS acceptable includes the following:
 Asking your professor for help.
 Brainstorming answers and/or ideas with another student; then, each student writes up the
homework separately and turns in his or her own work.
 Doing your written homework and/or translation and then having a third party circle your
mistakes; you then do the corrections on your own and turn in your own work.
If you have any question or uncertainty about what is or is not cheating, it is your responsibility to ask
your instructor.
TAKE THE TUTORIAL:
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Test your knowledge of what constitutes plagiarism through a tutorial offered by the SDSU Library. To
access the tutorial go to: http://library.sdsu.edu/guides/tutorial.php?id=28
Consequences of cheating and plagiarism
SDSU instructors are mandated to report all instances of cheating and plagiarism to the Center for
Student Rights and Responsibility. Consequences are at the instructor’s and the Center for Student
Rights and Responsibility’s discretion. They may include any of the following:
 failing the assignment
 failing the class
 warning
 probation
 suspension
 expulsion
For more detailed information, read the chapter on plagiarism in the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers (6th edition, 2003), visit the following website:
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml and talk to your professors before turning in
your paper or doing your oral presentation.
The University of Indiana also has very helpful writing hints for students, including some on how to cite
sources. Please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml for more information.
COURSE SCHEDULE | PROGRAMMA DEL CORSO | AUTUNNO 2015
martedì 25 agosto
PRIMA SETTIMANA
Introduzione al corso
Chi sono i giovani? Che definizione ne possiamo dare? Questa definizione
rimane costante nel tempo? Importanza della storicizzazione. I giovani non
sono sempre stati uguali, con gli stessi interessi, ma hanno avuto, o gli sono
stati imposti, simili atteggiamenti di rottura, conflitto, antagonismo,
diversità, devianza, con il sistema e la società dominanti, il loro potere e la
loro autorità.
“La saga estiva della gioventù consumata” di Ilvo Diamanti, da La Repubblica,
14 agosto 2015
http://www.repubblica.it/rubriche/bussole/2015/08/14/news/la_saga_estiv
a_della_gioventu_consumata-120947844/?ref=HRER2-1
giovedì 27 agosto
Bb: La nascita delle culture giovanili in Italia (Marco Grispigni)
Presentazione del progetto: Italian Hip Hop Special Collection
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Cosa sono le subculture giovanili?
Stili, codici, atteggiamenti, pose, gusti, linguaggi, vestiti, mode, musica, arte,
letteratura, fumetto, graffiti, hip hop, attivismo, politica, scelte...
SECONDA SETTIMANA
martedì 1° settembre
Le culture musicali: dal punk al rap
giovedì 3 settembre
Le posse e I centri sociali
TERZA SETTIMANA
martedì 8 settembre:
Graphic Novel: Piccolo Atlante geografico dei centri sociali in Italia
giovedì 10 settembre
martedì 15 settembre
Visita al LARC SH 204:
Adobe Pro PDF annotations of graphic novel
Story Map
QUARTA SETTIMANA
Geografia dei centri sociali in Italia
Altre letture sui centri sociali
giovedì 17 settembre
Geografia dei centri sociali in Italia
Altre letture sui centri sociali
martedì 22 settembre
QUINTA SETTIMANA
Storia dell’hip hop italiano: in quali città si è sviluppato; Analisi Canzoni
giovedì 24 settembre
Storia dell’hip hop italiano: in quali città si è sviluppato; Analisi Canzoni
martedì 29 settembre
SESTA SETTIMANA
VISITA all’archivio in Special Collections
Intervista alla Pina da Aelle
Le canzoni della Pina
giovedì 1° ottobre
Intervista alla Pina da Aelle e analisi delle sue canzoni
Intervista a Neffa su Aelle e analisi delle sue canzoni
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martedì 6 ottobre
SETTIMA SETTIMANA
VISITA AL LARC SH 205
Dotsub: Sottotitolare l’intervista a Sid di Aelle su youtube
giovedì 8 ottobre
VISITA AL LARC SH 205
Dotsub: Sottotitolare l’intervista a Sid di Aelle su youtube
Guest Speaker Luca Vullo at Aztec Student Union at 12
martedì 13 ottobre
OTTAVA SETTIMANA
Punto della situazione: Cosa abbiamo imparato finora?
Ripasso per il Midterm
giovedì 15 ottobre
MIDTERM
martedì 20 ottobre
giovedì 22 ottobre
martedì 27 ottobre
NONA SETTIMANA
Il linguaggio dei giovani
Vocabolario rock anni 70
Il linguaggio giovanile degli anni 80 (i paninari) e 90
Il linguaggio dei giovani in letteratura
“Gli Antò” – Silvia Ballestra
Il linguaggio dei giovani al cinema; film: La guerra degli Antò
DECIMA SETTIMANA
Il linguaggio dei giovani in letteratura
“Yes, ja, oui, ja, sì” – Silvia Ballestra
giovedì 29 ottobre
Il linguaggio dei giovani al cinema, film: La guerra degli Antò
Il linguaggio dei giovani in letteratura
“Pier Vittorio Tondelli: Intrappolato in questo rock” – Silvia Ballestra
martedì 3 novembre
UNDICESIMA SETTIMANA
Il linguaggio dei giovani in letteratura
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo: il vecchio Alex – Enrico Brizzi
giovedì 5 novembre
Il linguaggio del vecchio Alex
Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
martedì 10 novembre
DODICESIMA SETTIMANA
Il linguaggio del vecchio Alex
Libro e film: Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
giovedì 12 novembre
NO CLASS – Prof. Clò is OUT of TOWN to a Conference
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martedì 17 novembre
giovedì 19 novembre
TREDICEDICESIMA SETTIMANA
Il linguaggio del vecchio Alex
Libro e film: Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
Intervista a Enrico Brizzi
Il linguaggio del vecchio Alex
Libro e film: Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
“Karnevale” – Laila Wadia
martedì 24 novembre
QUATTORDICESIMA SETTIMANA
Fumetti, giovani e rock
Piera degli Spiriti
giovedì 26 novembre
NO CLASS – BUON GIORNO DEL RINGRAZIAMENTO
martedì 1° dicembre
giovedì 3 dicembre
QUINDICESIMA SETTIMANA
Fumetti, giovani e rock
Piera degli Spiriti
Fumetti, giovani e rock
Piera degli Spiriti
Intervista a Le bambine cattive
SEDICESIMA SETTIMANA
martedì 8 dicembre
Presentazioni studenti su archivio hip hop italiano
giovedì 10 dicembre
Presentazioni studenti su archivio hip hop italiano
ESAME FINALE: martedì 15 dicembre ore 10:30-12:30
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