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If you too would like to follow in their footsteps, please stop in for due chiacchiere with either Prof.ssa Ward or Prof.ssa Annunziato.
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lene is a certified Neapolitan pizzaiuola. This means that she's has the official credentials and has learned the steps and precise ingre-
dients for making true Neapolitan pizza. A group of us visited her home on a beautiful autumn day to learn how the delicious treat is made, and try several varieties. We feasted on pizzas topped with
sugo di pomodoro and mozzarel-
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Pizza played a starring role even when it came time for il dolce:
our expert pizzaiuola prepared stuffed pizzas, fat with Nutella, banana slices, strawberries, chocolate sauce and whipped cream! Squisita!!
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Advanced Italian II: Defeat your grammatical arch-enemies like the subjunctive and indirect discourse once and for all through close study of works of Italian literature from Tasso to Gadda and the television miniseries that they inspired. Annunziato
Italy: Instructions for Use: Learn to navigate from top to toe of the boot-shaped nation without seeming like a tourist! Dupont.
Law and Order in Italy: Learn all about how the reality of crime and punishment in Italy compares to the Hollywood myth through study of novels, movies and documentaries from Italy. Annunziato.
Italian History and Culture Through Film: Do we need to even say anything more about this? Just look at the title! Luciano.
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The Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese offers three kinds of specialization in Italian Studies: a major in Italian Studies leading to the B.A. or B.A. with distinction; a minor in Italian Studies; and a graduate course of studies leading to the M.A. in Italian language and literature.
For information on becoming a major or a minor in Italian Studies, please contact Pro- fessor Adrienne Ward
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If you would like more infor- mation on the M.A. program in Italian, please contact Profes- sor Enrico Cesaretti
(efc4p@virginia.edu).
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