Italian Cinema, Italian Society (FYS)
RL&L 115F
Fall 2021
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This First Year Seminar on Italian cinema (taught in English) investigates major silent and sound films and contextualizes them, their production, and the subjects they treat within a historical, cultural, and political framework. We will trace the intersection among politics, ideology, and Italian cinema, from its Golden Age of silents through fascism and neorealism (as well as its contested legacy), from a consideration of the "exquisite" examples of auteur directors like Fellini and Sorrentino to the ways these and other directors enter into dialogue with popular genre cinema (the giallo, spaghetti westerns, melodrama, etc.), and beyond. Featured filmmakers will be drawn from this list: Pastrone, Ophuls, Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Bertolucci, Antonioni, Wertmuller, Cavani, Pasolini, the Taviani Brothers, Leone, Sorrentino, Rohrwacher, Nicchiarelli, Crialese, and others.
Major Screenings will be organized for students. Students are not responsible for purchasing the films. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Credit/Unsatisfactory |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ITST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Gianni Amelio LAMERICA
Michelangelo Antonioni BLOW UP
Dario Argento DEEP RED
Bernardo Bertolucci THE CONFORMIST
Vittorio De Sica BICYCLE THIEVES
Federico Fellini LA DOLCE VITA
Pietro Germi DIVORCE, ITALIAN STYLE
Sergio Leone ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Max Ophuls EVERYONE'S WOMAN
Giovanni Pastrone CABIRIA
Roberto Rossellini ROME OPEN CITY
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS
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Examinations and Assignments:
SHORT WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
2 BRIEF ESSAYS PLUS THEIR REWRITES
1 FINAL ESSAY FIRST DRAFT DUE LAST WEEK OF CLASS |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This First year Seminar places an emphasis on writing but requires no previous knowledge of either formal film analysis or Italian. |
| Instructor(s): Nerenberg,Ellen Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: FISK121; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 1 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
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