Spring 2020
ITALIAN 170 001 - LEC 001
The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors
Crisis, Comedy, and Identity in Italian Film of the Diaspora
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Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.
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Course Catalog Description
An analysis of Italian cinema as seen in the development of specific film genres such as neorealism, comedy, self-reflexive cinema. Occasionally the course will concentrate on a specific director and study his individuality through style, theme, and personal development. This course fulfills film major requirement in one of history, genre, auteur.
Class Description
This course takes a look at some of the dramatic, ironic, and comedic films about Italian ethnic identity. Studying films from the silent era to the present, we will consider how filmmakers represent an Italian identity outside of Italy. Our approach to these films will be on the interplay between cinematic style/formal structure and narrative/representation. Our study will mostly focus on examples from Italy and the United States (given the wealth of examples from those two national cinematic traditions) but we will also consider film from other parts of the Italian diaspora (e.g., Argentina, Switzerland). Films we will consider include: The Black Hand, Emigrantes, Rocco and His Brothers, Wild is the Wind, A View from the Bridge, Mafioso, The Godfather, Bread and Chocolate, True Love, Big Night, Mean Streets, Goodfellas, My Cousin Vinny, Do the Right Thing, Lamerica, Nuovomondo (Golden Door), My Name is Tanino, and The True Legend of Tony Vilar.
Required Reading: All required reading materials will be provided in digital format. All readings are in English. No knowledge of Italian is required.
Class Notes
Prerequisites: None.
Taught in English with readings in English.
Taught in English with readings in English.
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Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
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