Scribner Seminar Program
Course Description
Italian Cinema
Instructor(s): Giuseppe Faustini, World Languages and Literatures
What do Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti, Fellini, Wertmuller, Scola, Tornatore and Benigni
have in common? С¸£Àûµ¼º½ in this seminar will examine 20th century Italian society’s
crises and transformations by analyzing the social, political and cultural movements
that have defined Italian culture through film and literature. С¸£Àûµ¼º½ will view
and explore Italian cinematic Neorealism, examine the role in Italian cinema of Director-Authors,
analyze Italian 20th century and classical literary works, and discuss cinematographic
adaptations of those works. In additions, students will learn how to read a film and
analyze the translation process from a literary text to film. Films in Italian with
English subtitles.
Course Offered