Course code

GRR6202.HT

old course code

GRR6202

Course title in Estonian

Itaalia ajalugu, ühiskond ja kultuur pärast Viini Kongressi 1815

Course title in English

Italian History, Society and Culture after the Congress of Vienna 1815

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To discuss the main historical and cultural events and phenomena
which characterize contemporary Italian society from 1815 to the
present.

Brief description of the course

Single lectures alternately consider historical events, social
phenomena and socio-cultural specificities of contemporary Italy. The
first part of the course discusses the following periods and topics:
- Italy at the beginning of the 19th century;
- the Risorgimento;
- challenges and problems for the new state;
- Giolittian times;
- fascism;
- the three Italies of the ‘40ies;
- the Resistenza: second Risorgimento or failed revolution?
- Christian democrats and Communists;
- the ‘60ies: economic boom and young rebels;
- the “anni di piombo”;
- the end of “the first republic” and the rise of Berlusconism.
The second part of the course concentrates on the following
phenomena:
- the brigante and the mafioso;
- the emigrant and the immigrant;
- the Catholic Church, Italian catholics and the State;
- Italian unity (il Paese) and regional differences (i paesi);
- family and society.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Knowledge of Italian history, society and culture from 1815 to the present;
Ability to position cultural and social phenomena within their historical context.

Teacher

Professor Daniele Monticelli

Study programmes containing that course

Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/15.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/14.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/13.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/12.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/11.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/10.HT)
European Modern Languages and Cultures (GRENB/00.HT)
Romance Languages and Cultures (GRRB/00.HT)