| CODE | ITL3031 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Cinema italiano: dagli anni Ottanta ai giorni nostri | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Italian | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will examine the narrative techniques and the major strategies of representation deployed in Italian cinema from the eighties to the present day. In this study-unit, students will be introduced to, or refamiliarised with, a wide-ranging series of film strategies via the close analysis of a number of exemplary film sequences which may be drawn from the works of such directors as Roberto Benigni, Gianni Amelio, Enzo Monteleone, Giuseppe Tornatore, Gabriele Salvatores, Matteo Garrone, Luca Guadagnino, Paolo Genovese, Ferzan Ozpetek, as well as Antonio Piazza and Fabio Grassadonia, among others . Special reference will also be made to the 'televisual' with an eye to the rise of Italian television series which may include 'Gomorra' and ‘My Brilliant Friend'. The close study of specific sequences will enable students to enhance their appreciation of key elements of film form and to refine their previously acquired basic vocabulary and concepts of film studies. As in the case of ITL1019: Cinema italiano: Dal neorealismo agli anni Settanta, the indebtedness of Italian cinema to other art forms, in particular literature, painting, and music will be explored as we make our way through Italy’s cinematic landscape. Study-Unit Aims: - To provide an overview of the history of Italian cinema from the eighties to the present day; - To refamiliarise students with a range of interpretive tools and methodologies in their analysis of key films in modern and contemporary Italian cinema; - To allow students to grasp the aesthetic and philosophical underpinnings of some of the key films which have shaped modern and contemporary Italian cinema; - To enhance the knowledge in filmic language acquired in prior study-units dedicated to Italian cinema; - To acquaint the students with Italy's emerging "auteurs" who are shaping filmic style in both Italy and on an international level; - To enable the students to forge links between film and the other art forms, with a particular focus on literature, painting and music. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply a wide range of interpretive approaches to the "reading" of Italian Cinema; - appreciate the underlying nuances and complexities of film as an art form; - become acquainted with the way in which meaning in film is created through the deployment of narratological strategies and stylistic techniques; - contextualise the production of film and its reception in a specific historical, social and political context; - read film as an art form capable of addressing pressing social, economic, and political concerns; - study film alongside related interrelated disciplines within the Humanities. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply a wide range of interpretive and critical approaches to any given film; - critically appraise a film through an understanding of a number of narratological techniques and stylistic devices; - apply in a scholarly fashion the terminology of film studies in the analysis of a film; - address pressing concerns in contemporary culture via visual analysis; - create links between film and other art forms. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - 'Il cinema e le arti visive', A. Costa, Einaudi, 2002. - 'Istantanee sul cinema italiano. Film, volti, idee del nuovo millenio', V. Montini, V. Zagarrio (eds), Rubbettino, 2012. - 'Atlante del cinema italiano. Corpi, paesaggi, figure del contemporaneo', G. Canova, L. Farinotti, Garzanti, 2011. - 'Lo spazio del reale nel cinema italiano contemporaneo', R. Guerrini, G. Tagliani, F. Zucconi, Le Mani, 2014. - 'Attraversamenti culturali. Cinema, letteratura, musica e arti visuali nell'Italia contemporanea', F. Orsitto, S. Wright, Cesati, 2017. A coursepack of critical readings will be provided. All the books in the main readings will be ordered. |
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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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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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