OVERVIEW

The teaching aims to present and analyze the main historiographical and theoretical aspects of film criticism, examining the history of criticism and its main theoretical elaborations, and addressing through exercises the main features of a critical essay or review.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the teaching is to provide specific skills in the history of film criticism and its socio-cultural role, as well as adequate tools for understanding and knowledge of the various phases of the history of criticism and its impact on society and culture throughout history. The course also aims to equip students with the necessary tools for analyzing and reading critical texts, as well as the ability to approach and interpret them independently.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students should be able to problematize the historical, theoretical and analytical knowledge acquired during the course; be familiar with the debate related to the film La grande bellezza (Sorrentino, 2013), a case chosen for classroom discussion; and write a paper according to the exam format.

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching will be conducted through lectures and seminar discussions in the classroom.

All students are reminded to register on the teaching page on the Aulaweb platform.

Students with disabilities or DSAs are reminded that in order to request adaptations in the exam, they must first enter their certification on the University website at servizionline.unige.it in the "Students" section. The documentation will be verified by the University's Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and DSA Sector (https://rubrica.unige.it/strutture/struttura/100111).
Subsequently, at least 10 days before the date of the exam, an e-mail must be sent to the teacher with whom you will take the exam, including in the knowledge copy both the School's Teacher Referent for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and with DSA (Prof. Elisabetta Colagrossi: elisabetta.colagrossi@unige.it) and the Sector indicated above. The e-mail should specify: the name of the teaching; the date of the call; the student's last name, first name and roll number; the compensatory tools and dispensatory measures deemed functional; and required.  The contact person will confirm to the lecturer that the applicant is entitled to apply for adaptations in the examination and that these adaptations must be agreed upon with the lecturer. The lecturer will respond by informing whether the requested adaptations can be used. Requests should be sent at least 10 days before the date of the call in order to allow the lecturer(s) to evaluate the content. In particular, in case you intend to make use of maps conceptual maps for the exam (which must be much more concise than the maps used for studying) if the submission does not meet the deadline there will not be the technical time needed to make any changes.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The teaching will be divided into two:
1) Module of history and theory of film criticism, which will analyze the main stages of the history of criticism, and will deal with the case of the film La grande bellezza (Sorrentino, 2013) with particular attention, an illustrative case that will be discussed from its reception in the critical field  

2) Writing module and seminar on film criticism: students will engage in critical writing, drafting texts, papers and reviews that will initiate classroom discussion and debate.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1) Alberto Pezzotta, La critica cinematografica, Carocci, Roma, 2018

2) Michele Guerra, Sara Martin (a cura di), Atti critici in luoghi pubblici. Scrivere di cinema, tv e media dal dopoguerra al web, Diabasis, Parma, 2019 (FIVE ESSAYS)

NON-ATTENDEES, IN ADDITION TO ALBERTO PEZZOTTA'S BOOK, MUST STUDY EIGHT ESSAYS TO Atti critici in luoghi pubblici.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GABRIELE RIGOLA (President)

LUCA MALAVASI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

September 19, 2024

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination in which the text written by students will be discussed.

Erasmus students not proficient in Italian may request a substitutive bibliography, and take the examination in English or French.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Students will be required to write a paper (3 pages) on a film made in the last 30 years, which will be discussed in the oral examination. The examination will also assess the historical and theoretical knowledge that students have acquired during the course and through the study of texts. The overall assessment of the exam will therefore be an average between the outcome of the individual paper and the outcome of the oral exam (the paper should be emailed to the professor at least one week before the exam).

Exam schedule