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| Unit name |
Italian Cinema in the Third Millennium |
| Unit code |
ITAL29005 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
I/5
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. O'Rawe |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
Department of Italian |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit introduces students to a wide body of Italian cinema produced since the start of the Third Millennium. The course situates Italian cinema of the Third Millennium in its national, historical, theoretical and cultural context, addresses a range of recurrent themes in the corpus of contemporary Italian cinema, and teaches students how to approach film in a critical manner, by introducing the major issues of relevance in film theory.
The programme is organised thematically and addresses topics relevant to the contemporary realities of Italian society, such as rethinking masculinity; politics and terrorism; immigration; gender politics, representations and sexuality; and questions of identity in the context of globalisation. It also addresses cinematic issues relating both to the corpus of work produced - such as how Italian cinema responds to recognised genre categories and heritage cinema - and to the business end of the industry (the production, distribution and financing of contemporary films).
Aims:
- To introduce students to a significant body of knowledge of a complexity appropriate to second year level. The content matter will normally include one or more of the following: literature; social, cultural or political history; linguistics; cultural studies; film, television or other media.
- To facilitate students engagement with a body of literature, including secondary literature, texts, including in non-print media, primary sources and ideas as a basis for their own analysis and development. Normally many or most of these sources will be in a language other than English and will enhance the development of their linguistic skills.
- To develop further skills of synthesis, analysis and independent research, building on the skills acquired in units at level C.
- Some options may prepare students for the experience of the Year Abroad.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Successful students will:
- be knowledgeable about a significant cultural, historical or linguistic subject related to the language they are studying;
- be skilled in the selection and synthesis of relevant material;
- be able to evaluate and analyse relevant material from a significant body of source materials, usually in a foreign language, at a high level;
- be able to respond to questions or problems by presenting their independent judgements in an appropriate style and at an high level of complexity;
- be able to transfer these skills to other working environments, including study at a foreign university and on work placements during the year abroad.
Teaching Information
2 x 1 hr slots weekly.
Assessment Information
One oral presentation (25%) and one written assignment of 2500 words (75%).
Reading and References
Set Texts (to be available in university library)
- Non ho paura (Gabriele Salvatores, 2003)
- La stanza del figlio / Il caimano (Nanni Moretti, 2001 and 2006)
- Le fate ignoranti (Ferzan Ozpetek, 2001)
- Il pi� bel giorno della mia vita (Cristina Comencini, 2002)
- T� con Mussolini / Callas forever (Franco Zeffirelli, 2000 and 2002)
- Saimir (Francesco Munzi, 2004)
- Il gioco di Ripley (Liliana Cavani, 2002)
- Angela (Roberta Torre, 2002)
- Mal�na (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000)
- I banchieri di Dio (Giuseppe Ferrara, 2002)
- Buongiorno notte (Marco Bellochio, 2003)
