SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:
Realist, modernist and post-modernist aesthetics will be discussed in relation to Italian cinema, in particular, and Italian society, more in general. Directors to be treated include (but are not limited to) De Sica, Rossellini, Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, Risi, Monicelli, Petri, Bertolucci, the Taviani’s, Moretti.Film screenings will be supplemented by lectures, class discussions and readings
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PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE COULD BE MADE BY THE INSTRUCTOR
WEEK 1
Introduction: Cinema, History, Nation. Thinking about Film, History and Narratives
Screening: Roma Città Aperta (Rome Open City, Rossellini, 1945)
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Millicent. Marcus, "Introduction" to Italian Film in the Light of Neorealism, UP Princeton, 1986 pp. 3-29; Rossellini's Open City: The founding, pp. 33-53 .
P. Brunette, "Open City" in Roberto Rossellini, University of California Press, 1996, pp. 41-60.
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WEEK 2
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Neo-Realism I: A Historical Approach. Lecture and class discussion -- QUIZ I
Screening: Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thief, De Sica, 1948).
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Millicent Marcus. "De Sica's Bycicle Thief: Casting shadows on the visionary city" in Italian film...
A. Bazin, De Sica Metteur en Scène, in What is cinema, vol. 2, University of California Press, 2004, pp 61-68 (available on line)
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QUIZ I
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WEEK 3
WEEK 4
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Neo-Realism II: An Aesthetic Approach. Lecture and class discussion .
Screening: Riso Amaro (Bitter Rice, De Santis, 1949).
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Class Discussion. QUIZ 2
Screening: I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958, Mario Monicelli)
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Millicent Marcus, "De Santis's Bitter Rice. A neorealist hybrid"
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Readings: P. Ginsborg, "The Economic Miracle: Rural Exodus and Social Transformation. 1958-1963" in History of Contemporary Italy. Penguin Books, 1990, pp. 210-253; 499-508.
P. Bondanella, "La dolce vita, The Art Film Spectacular".in The Films of Federico Fellini, Cambridge UP, 2002.
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QUIZ 2
Home Screening: La dolce vita (1960, F. Fellini).
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WEEK 5
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Lecture and class discussion.
:Pasolini VS Fellini. --Screening Mamma Roma-- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1962). QUESTIONNAIRE DUE
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P. Sorlin, "Fourth Generation. The sweet life". Italian National Cinema, Routledge, 1996..
D.Rhodes, Stupendous, Miserable City. Pasolini's Rome, Minnesota University Press, 2007. Chapter 5
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QUESTIONNAIRE DUE.
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WEEK 6
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Class Discussion. QUIZ 3
Screening: Deserto Rosso (1964). Michelangelo Antonioni.
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Marcus’ Chapter on Deserto Rosso in Italian Film...
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QUIZ 3
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WEEK 7
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Class Discussion-Review for Midterm
W: MIDTERM
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WEEK 8
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Screening B. Bertolucci's Il conformista (1970)
Class Discussion. QUIZ 4
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M. Marcus, Chapter on Il conformista in Italian Film...
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QUIZ 4
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WEEK 9
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WEEK 12
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Class Discussion. Oral presentations.
CInema and Politics in the 70's
--Screening E. Petri's Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)
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History, CInema, and Cinema History.--Screening Ettore Scola's C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)—
Class discussion -Oral presentations. QUIZ 5
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Screening Nanni Moretti Caro diario (1993) -
Class Discussion--Oral Presentations
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Screening. M. Bellocchio, Buongiorno, notte (2002)
Class Discussion--Oral presentations-- QUIZ 6
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Marcus, Power as Pathology in Italian film...
Mikel J Koven, What is giallo?in La dolce morte. Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film, Scarecrow Press, 2006, pp. 1-18
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Marcus, Chapter on C'eravamo tanto amati in Italian film...
F. Jameson, "Postmodernism and Consumer Society", in The Cultural Turn, Verso, 2009, pp.1-20, 121
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M. Marcus, "Caro Diario and the Cinematic Body of Nanni Moretti" in After Fellini, John Hopkins University, 2002, pp. 285-299.
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Carlo Testa, "Film, Literature, and Terrorism: Mapping Italy's Politcal Landscape by Cinematic Means", Italica, Vol 84, n. 4, Winter 2007, pp. 781-798 (JSTOR)
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QUIZ 5
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QUIZ 6
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WEEK 13
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Screening. P. Sorrentino, Le conseguenze dell'amore (2004)
Class Discussison
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Alfio Leotta. "Do Not Underestimate The Consequences of Love: The Representation of the New Mafia in Contemporary Italian Cinema", Italica, vol. 88, n. 2, Summer 2011, pp. 286-296 (JSTOR).
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WEEK 14
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Screening: TBA
Class DiscussionREVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
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