Fall 2019  |  ITAL 3837 Section 001: Imagining Italy: Italian and Italian-American Culture, History, and Society through Film (21455)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
ITAL 1837 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Mon, Wed 04:00PM - 05:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Akerman Hall 209
Enrollment Status:
Open (7 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Weekly guest lectures and critical readings expand from different disciplinary perspectives upon issues raised by films. Urban life, religion, nationalism, opera, violence, leisure, food, fascism, terrorism, family, emigration/immigration, ethnicity, Mediterranean culture.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ferli001+ITAL3837+Fall2019
Class Description:
Topics discussed will include but not be limited to: Renaissance music, opera, fascism, mafia, contemporary Italian family relations, sexuality, fashion, and Italian American history and culture. Films include: The Name of the Rose, Dangerous Beauty, Il conformista/The Conformist, Death in Venice, La Strada, Allonsonfan, Amarcord, Farinelli, Strategia del ragno, Cinema Paradiso, Pane e Tulipani. Each week the class will have the same format. The film screening on Mondays will be complemented by the lecture on Wednesdays given by faculty whose research and teaching focuses on the particular period of Italian culture represented in the films. Italian 1004 students through 3015 are strongly encouraged to enroll.
Grading:
80% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: 4 quizzes/exams (20% each); 20% Attendance and WebCT participation
Exam Format:
identify a scene in a film and respond to a question about the film
Class Format:
Monday: Film viewing: 4:00 - 6:00 Wednesday: Lecture 4:00 - 5:00 Italian Discussion section: 5:00-6:00.
Workload:
30-50 Pages Reading Per Week
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21455/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 June 2012

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