| CODE | ITL3028 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Studi anglo-italiani: il Novecento fra letteratura e cinema | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Italian | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Title: Anglo-Italian Studies: The Twentieth Century between Literature and Film This unit will combine critical readings of key texts in literature and film in the exploration of Anglo-Italian Studies. In the first part of the unit, the students will be introduced to a series of theoretical approaches in the debate surrounding comparative literature with a particular focus on myth and mythology, canon formation, thematology, genre theory and metatextuality. In the second part of the unit, we will conduct close readings of modernist prose texts with an eye to the interaction between Italian and Anglo-American literature. The readings may include works by Virginia Woolf Luigi Pirandello, and E.M. Forster, among others. Finally, notions of alterity and identity, of sameness and difference will be examined through the analysis of the representation of Italy in cinematic transpositions of literary texts such as "Don't Look Now" or "A Room with a View," and "Where Angels Fear to Tread." The perception of America by Italian immigrants as portrayed in such films as "Golden Door" and “The Godfather” will also be examined. Other films on imagology, or the cultural construction of the Other. will include “Viaggio in Italia”, “Lamerica” and “La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano.” Study-unit Aims: - To invite students to perceive literature and cinema as disciplines capable of transcending linguistic and national boundaries; - To allow students to appreciate the complexities and interactions of cultures in Anglo-Italian Studies; - To invite students to adopt a theoretical and critical approach when conducting close readings of literary and filmic texts; - To give students the opportunity to read literary texts and view filmic ones in more than one language. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply a wide range of theoretical and critical approaches to the close reading of literary and filmic texts; - Analyse literary and filmic texts within a broadly comparative context; - Compare one national literature with another; - Analyse literary texts both in the original language and in translation; - Draw links with adjacent fields such as painting and music when reading a literary text or viewing a cinematic one. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss literature and film within a broadly comparative context; - Demonstrate critical skills in the reading of both literary and non-literary texts in more than one language; - Formally articulate his or her ideas on Comparative Literature; - Draw on his or her improved expressive potential on literature to the understanding of adjacent fields. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Gnisci A., (a cura di), Letteratura comparata (Mondadori, 2002). - Gardini N., Letteratura comparata. Metodi, periodi, generi (Mondadori, 2002). - Bertazzoli, R., (a cura di), Letteratura comparata (La Scuola, 2010). To read the following literary texts and their transposition to the screen: - E.M. Forster, A Room with a View (Penguin, 2005); E.M. Forster, Where Angels fear to Tread (Penguin, 2007); Daphne du Maurier, Don’t Look Now (Penguin, 2006). Coursepack of readings with selections of critical works, prose writings, and poetry. Recommended Texts - Bassnett S., Comparative Literature (Blackwell, 1993). - Ordine N., (a cura di), La letteratura comparata. Questioni di metodo (Liguori, 2004). - Guillen C., L'uno e il molteplice. Introduzione alla letteratura comparata (Brossura, 2008). - Said, E., Orientalism (Penguin, 1991). |
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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 Gloria Lauri Lucente (Co-ord.) |
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