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Italian literature courses
OUR ITALIAN LITERATURE COURSES CAN BE FOLLOWED BY ANYONE:
- Students who wish to know the Italian literature for personal or study reasons
- Literature lovers who already know it and wish to deepen some topics
In order to attend our Italian literature courses in Florence it is necessary to have an intermediate level (B1) of Italian language knowledge. However no enrollments in our Italian language courses is requested.
During the lessons the studied topics will be focused with readings and videos.
According to the program chosen, the courses can be integrated with guided visits in Florence.
It is possible to create personalized programs for students who have to take Italian literature exams, according to their requests and need.
PROGRAMS
| PERIOD | PROGRAMS |
| Tthe XIV Century | Dante and the XIV Century (La Divina Commedia) |
| The XIV Century | Petrarca, Boccaccio and the XIV Century |
| The XVI Century | The Renaissance in Florence and the Medici Family |
| The XVII Century | The XVII Century and Galileo Galilei science |
| The XVIII Century | Vittorio Alfieri and Carlo Goldoni |
| The XIX Century | The Italian Romanticism ( Ugo Foscolo, Giacomo Leopardi, I promessi sposi by Alessandro Manzoni) |
| The XIX Century | The Verism (Giovanni Verga, Luigi Capuana, Federico De Roberto, Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi |
| The XIX Century | Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini lyric |
| The XIX Century | Carducci, Pascoli, D’Annunzio and the XIX Century. Il Gattopardo by Tomasi di Lampedusa |
| The XX Century | Luigi Pirandello |
| The XX Century | The early XX Century (The hermetic poets, Ungaretti and Quasimodo, Marinetti and the Futurist movement, Eugenio Montale) |
| The XX Century | The late XXI Century (Alberto Moravia, Cesare Pavese Vasco Pratolini, Italo Calvino) |
SCHEDULE AND PRICES OF THE ITALIAN LITERATURE COURSE
Our Italian literature courses can be scheduled in the following way:
| COURS TYPE | DAY | HOURS/ DAY | MORNING | OR | AFTERNOON | PRICE individual course |
| 6 hours per week | Monday – Wednesday – Friday | 250 | ||||
| 10 hours per week | Monday-Friday | 2 hours / day | 9am – 11am | or | 3pm – 5pm | 395 |
| 20 hours per week | Monday-Friday | 4 hours / day | 9am – 1pm | or | 2pm – 6pm | 785 |
| WEEKEND (12 hours) | Friday Saturday Sunday | 4 hours / day 4 hours / day 4 hours / day | 2pm – 6pm 9am – 1pm 9am – 1pm | 565 |
On request the course schedule can be changed and all the programs can last more hours.
DISCOUNTS AND REDUCTIONS:
- For a 40 hours course, discount of 5%
- For a 60 hours course, discount of 8%
- For a 80 hours course, discount of 10%
- For 2 participants in the same course, discount of 20%
- For 3 participants in the same course, discount of 40%
- For 4 participants in the same course, discount of 50%
- During the months of February and March, discount of 10% (not combinable with other discouts)
For self-composed groups please request an estimate writing to the following e-mail address mailto:info@galilei.it
BEGINNING DATES OF THE ITALIAN LITERATURE COURSES
Our Italian literature courses in Florence can start on any day requested.
ITALIAN LITERATURE - INTERESTING ARTICLES
Would you like to know more about some authors of the Italian literature, visit the section Italian literature.
1 hour = 60 minutes
At our school each lesson hour lasts 60 minutes. In many other schools the lesson hour lasts 45 or 50 minutes and the prices of their courses, apparently lower, are actually higher of 25% (or 20%) of those written on their brochure.