The course will provide a set of
analyses and theoretical reflections about the main tendencies of contemporary
cinema, focusing on the debate about the biographical and that about the
transmedia narrative.
According to the Dublin
descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1. knowledge and
understanding
Students attending the course will be able to distinguish among the different forms (images and issues) of contemporary cinema.
2. ability to apply knowledge and understanding
They will be able to recognize and interpret different typologies of texts in the contemporary landscape.
3. autonomy of judgment
They will develop the ability to read critical objects, by making inter-textual and inter-contextual comparisons.
4. communication skills
They will be able to use the specialized lexicon, proper of the studies in this area.
5. ability to carry out research
autonomously Knowledge of basic elementes concerning both cinematographic language and its evolution.
The course is divided into three modules. The first
one (A) is dedicated to a general recognition on the main tendencies about,
above all, European and Anglo-American contexts, in order to map the territory
of the new forms and codes emerged in the last decades.
The second module and the third one (B and C)
aim to study two relevant topics in depth: the undeniable acknowledgement of
the “biopic” tendency as new genre (B) and the transmedia declination of the
cinematic adaptations (C). Module A – The images of the
new millennium (4 CFU)
Text:
Il cinema del nuovo millennio. Geografie, forme,
autori, a cura di A. Cervini, Carocci, Roma 2020, pp. 356.
Module B – The biographical (1
CFU)
Texts:
- G. Tagliani, La vita e
l’azione. Sul carattere moderno del biografico italiano, «Fata
Morgana», n. 46, 2022, pp. 55-69;
- S. Busni, Life discomposed: il
genere tra musica(l) e vita, «Fata Morgana», n. 46, 2022, pp. 117-136.
Module C – The adaptations (1
CFU)
Text:
Adaptation:
cinema, letteratura, media, a cura di G.
Carluccio, A. Masecchia, S. Rimini, Roma, Carocci, 2022
