Really great guy, very smart. I enjoyed his class and all the novelle we had to read. Sometimes his lectures could be scattered but that was because there wasn't a rigid structure that had to be kept to. It was a flexible class and Prof Tuttle was really easy going. There was a midterm and either a final or final paper, you choose. He was very concerned about how you were doing, always available after class and during his office hrs. He reminded us at the end of every class that he would be in his office if anyone needed to speak with him. I thought he was a great professor and had a great time in his class.

I was super nervous to take a class with Professor Tuttle after reading the other evaluations of him, however he is by far one of my favorite teachers. I do not speak Italian, and even though the class was in translation, he was still amazingly helpful with anything I didn't understand. And even though he does babble and teach in a very random manner, he really truly cares about your learning. He'll stay and talk with you for hours after class if you need it and he will always provide you with extra information if you ask. He is also an insanely easy grader, so the stress of grades sort of goes away. Before taking the class I had no interest in Italian novellas, and by the last week I was wishing we had time to keep going. It was an amazing class in my opinion and he is a great guy who really cares about what you take from the class, not what you can memorize and regurgitate on some oddly worded exam.

First day of lecture: Professor Tuttle beings his discussion on the importance of word origin, from greek to latin, to french and italian, and later english. He goes back and forth these languages as we all sat dumbfounded, looking at each other as to whether we were in the right class or not.

Professor Tuttle is extremely intelligent, as seen through his scholarly use of "Visa Vie" "Hergo" and so forth. He might be a little intense in lecture because he gets involved with his topic and goes off on so many tangents that you won't know what is going on. But, if you pay close attention to his soft spoken words, you'll actually realize that this man is a genius when it comes to Italian.

I had the pleasure of taking my first Italian literature course at UCLA with him, and as intense as he made it with his infinte knowledge, he is an amazing person to learn from and you would love to take his class again.

He has his little quirks, mind you. But thats the special thing about him, it makes you laugh in class. Consider taking him. It'll be worth it. His grading is easy, he doesn't expect too much from you, but he does want some sort of effort in understanding the material.

i took italian short stories with him and the class was okay. it was very easy, and prof. tuttle is a really, really nice person. we only had to read literally 10 pages or less for each class because we would just talk about a few of the stories per lecture. it was really nice because my other classes both required a LOT of reading, so this was a great class to balance that out.

that said, the lectures were fairly boring. and somewhat disorganized. luckily, the midterm and the final were so easy that my skipping class didn't matter. the midterm and final were exactly the same, each covering half of the class. you basically pick 3 out of 10-15 really obvious ids, so there was no way you didn't know 3 of them. then there was one short essay and you could pick from a list of 7 topics. VERY easy. i recommend this class if you need an easy one to balance out your other classes.