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ITAL 6713

Ital Masterpieces in TV & Film

The Major Italian Masterpieces Represented in Television and Film

In this course we will study the cinematic adaptation of some fundamental and very popular literary works written in Italy in the late nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. Excerpts from A. Manzoni, I promessi Sposi, Carlo Levi, Cristo s'è fermato ad Eboli, Primo Levi, La tregua, Elsa Morante, La storia, G. T. di Lampedusa, Il Gattopardo will be read. The novel Pinocchio, the Story of a Puppet, will be read in its entirety. During the lessons these works will be exemplified from the literary point of view as well as from the audiovisual translation.

Required Texts:
A. Maddalena, Il Gattopardo di Luchino Visconti, Guerra Edizioni, 2004. (Collana del cinema italiano per stranieri).
C. Collodi, Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino. Giunti editore 2008.
La sfida della verità. Il cinema di Francesco Rosi, a cura di A.Tassone, G. Rizza, C. Tognolotti, Firenze, Aida Edizioni, 2005
Subject:
Italian
Department:
Italian
Division:
Language School
Requirements Fulfilled:
Civ Cul & Soc

Sections in Summer 2012, Mills 7 Week Session

Summer 2012, LS 6 Week Session

ITAL6713A-L12 Lecture (Bondi)