CODE 106768 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 LETTERE 8457 (L-10) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-ART/06 LANGUAGE English TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The teaching aims to present and analyze some aspects, moments and junctures in the history of Italian cinema, examining some salient phases and the main historiographic and stylistic phenomena that have occurred in our cinema. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide a historical and theoretical framework on the main phenomena in the history of Italian cinema, through insights into authors, genres, models, styles, modes of representation. The course will cover moments and main elements of Italian cinema, from popular genres to the forms of the authorship. The course aims to offer adequate tools in order to learn the history of Italian cinema, to critically treat phenomena in their complexity, and to analyse their specificities in relation to national identity and the historical and cultural reference framework. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Students should be able to know the main phases of the history of Italian cinema; to problematize the historical, theoretical and analytical knowledge acquired during the course; to know the phenomena discussed, the authors, the films and the problems related to the issues addressed. TEACHING METHODS Lectures will be held in presence (face-to-face teaching). 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 held in seminar form. After an introduction on the methodologies, forms and main phases of Italian film history, the teaching will be organized into seminar lectures. Through thematic meetings held by invited scholars, the course will delve into authors, genres, problems and research themes, presenting books and ongoing research. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY 1) M. Comand, A. Sainati (a cura di), Storia del cinema italiano, Pearson, Milano, 2022 2) P. Bondanella, F. Pacchioni, A History of Italian Cinema, Bloomsbury, London-New York, 2017 NON-ATTENDING students (who will take the oral exam) must add to the syllabus: G. Muggeo, Marcello Mastroianni, Carocci, Roma, 2024. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GABRIELE RIGOLA Ricevimento: By appointment LUCA MALAVASI Ricevimento: During the lessions period, the professor is available for students and undergraduates on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. (via Balbi 4, floor III). Please write in advance to luca.malavasi@unige.it for confirmation. LESSONS LESSONS START Tuesday 25 February 2025 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Erasmus students not proficient in Italian may request a substitutive bibliography, and take the examination in English or French. ASSESSMENT METHODS Students are expected to be familiar with the issues covered in the lecture, bibliography and filmography of reference; demonstrate the ability to independently problematize the historiographic, theoretical and analytical issues discussed and presented in class. Attending students must write a paper (5 pages) on one of the topics or themes explored in seminar lectures (papers should be submitted at least one week before the roll call). Non-attending students should prepare on the texts and bibliography and take the oral exam.
