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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Cinema, Photography and Television
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Objectives Contents Contents
Renewal and experimentation in international cinema: from the mastership of Italian Neorealism through the western “New Waves”. Through the analysis of exemplary movies, framed in the age of their realization, the salient formal and thematic features of Nouvelle Vague (France), Free Cinema (UK), US Avantgarde Cinema, New American Cinema (USA), Neue Welle (Germany) will be studied within the international context of the foremost film criticism and theory.
Extended Syllabus Extended syllabus
Starting from the mastership of Italian Neorealism, the following movements will be explored: Nouvelle Vague, Free Cinema, US Avantgarde Cinema, New American Cinema, Neue Welle, all exemplary currents of the so-called New International Cinema, a crucial phenomenon of renewal in the history of cinema.
Recommended Bibliography Reference Texts
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Teaching Methods Teaching methods
1) lectures; 2) discussion of the selected audiovisual materials (feature, experimental and documentary films) shown in class. Course readings and discussions of the screened movies will develop the students’ skills in audiovisual analysis and research, as well as their facility with the pertinent terminology of cinema studies, and the study of audiovisual texts. The screenings are in the original language with Italian subtitles.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Assessment methods
An oral examination in the form of an interview will assess whether the student has mastered the course content.
Contacts/More Information Further information
Attending the class sessions is recommended; the examination method will be the same both for attending and not-attending students. The viewing of all movies listed in the filmography is required for the examination. STUDENTS OF OTHER DEGREE PROGRAMS ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE PROFESSOR BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE, AND IN ANY CASE WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE EXAMINATION DATE.
