| CODE | ITL1019 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Cinema italiano: dal fascismo agli anni Settanta | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Italian | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Cinema italiano: Dal fascismo agli anni Settanta’ is an introductory unit on some of the major strategies of representation and narrative techniques deployed in Italian cinema from 1945 to the seventies. The study-unit will be divided into two distinct parts. The first part of the study-unit will study a series of key films of Neorealism such as “Ossessione,” “Roma città aperta”, “Ladri di biciclette”, and “ Sciuscià.” Special attention will be dedicated to the way in which “Senso”, “La strada”, and “Le notti bianche”, among others, distance themselves from the basic tenets of neorealism. The second part of the study-unit will be dedicated to the discussion of the “Commedia all’italiana”, with a particular focus on the films by Mario Monicelli and Pietro Germi, among others. The close study of specific sequences will enable students to develop an appreciation of some of the basic key elements of film form. Study-Unit Aims: - To provide an overview of the history of Italian cinema from the Fascist era to the seventies with a particular focus on Neorealism and the ‘Commedia all’italiana’; - To place the development of Italian cinema within a precise historical, social, and political context; - To introduce a range of basic interpretive tools and methodologies in the analysis of film; - To acquaint the students with some of Italy’s most prominent filmmakers who had a profound impact on world cinema. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - adopt the terminology of basic film techniques and film language in their analysis of of ‘Neorealism’ and ‘Commedia all’italiana’; - adopt such a terminology to the reading of film in general; - apply a basic range of interpretive methodologies in the reading of Italian cinema; - contextualise the production of Italian cinema and its reception within a specific historical, social and political context spanning from Fascism to the seventies; - interpret film as an artistic discipline through which social, economic, and political concerns are represented. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Brunetta, G. (1991, 2004 reprint) Cent’anni di cinema italiano. 2nd vol: Dal 1945 ai giorni nostri, Laterza. - Parigi, S. (2014), Neorealismo. Il nuovo cinema del dopoguerra, Marsilio. A reading pack with a selection of theoretical and critical works will also be made available. Supplementary Readings: - Sesti, M. (1997), Tutto il cinema di Pietro Germi, Baldini & Castoldi. - Bondanella, P. (1983) Italian Cinema. From Neorealism to the Present, Continuum. - Marcus, M.(1986) Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism, Princeton. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is taught and assessed in Italian. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Glen Bonnici Fabrizio Foni Gloria Lauri Lucente (Co-ord.) |
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