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ITAL6628A-L12

The Mafia:Cinematic Perspectvs

The Mafia through Cinematic and Literary Perspectives

The course will analyze the cinematic representation of the complex phenomena called Mafia. We will study how within Italian cinema the characterization of the Mafia and mafiosi began with the archetypal figures of the bosses and the good guy, crusader from the North sent to Sicily to fight crime. Special attention will be dedicated to Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy, Placido Rizzotto, Salvatore Giuliano, Il giorno della civetta, Falcone, Borsellino, Fortapasc and Il Divo.

Required Texts:
La mafia spiegata ai ragazzi. Nicaso, Antonio - Mondadori, 2010
Il Giorno della civetta. Sciascia Leonardo, Baglione A. - La nuova italia editrice, 1993
Silvana Gandolfi, Io dentro gli spari, Salani Editore, 2010
Giancarlo De Cataldo, Nelle mani giuste, Einaudi, 2007
Course Reference Number (CRN):
60344
Subject Code:
ITAL
Course Number:
6628
Section Identifier:
A

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ITAL 6628

All Sections in Summer 2012, LS 6 Week Session

Summer 2012, LS 6 Week Session

ITAL6628A-L12 Lecture (Nicaso)