1) Knowledge and understanding: acquisition of
knowledge of the historical development of the relationship between literature
and cinema, from its origins to today.
2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
in-depth study of the problems posed by the different nature of the two media
and understanding of the semiotic and aesthetic mechanisms underlying every
literary transcoding.
3) Autonomy of judgment: ability to face, from a
critical-evaluative point of view, the problem of receiving and judging the
results of cinematographic transpositions of literary texts.
4) Communication skills: consolidation of exposition
skills.
5) Learning skills: consolidation of critical judgment
skills.
The course will examine aspects of literary and cinematographic
narration, with reference to the theory and practice of screen writing. A
historical-critical analysis of literary works and films made from them will be
conducted. Useful elements will be provided to define the peculiarities of film
adaptations with particular reference to a case study.
The course will be divided into the following three
modules:
A. The audiovisual novel: narration in literature and
cinema.
B. The visible speaking: script and intersections
between literature and cinema.
C. A dream within a dream: The Decameron according to Pasolini.
A. The audiovisual novel: narration in literature and
film (2 CFU)
Texts:
- A. Bernardelli, Che cos’è la narrazione,
Roma, Carocci, pp. 7-135.
- G. Tinazzi, La scrittura e lo sguardo, Venezia, Marsilio, pp. 10-178;
190-201.
B. The visible speak: screenwriting and intersections
between literature and film (2 CFU)
Text:
- L. Aimeri, Manuale
di sceneggiatura cinematografica. Teoria e pratica, Torino, UTET
Università, 2007, pp. 312.
C. A
dream within a dream: Pasolini and the Decameron
Texts :
- C. Vecce, Il
Decameron di Pasolini, storia di
un sogno, Bologna, Carocci, 2022, pp. 9-152.
- G. Boccaccio, Decameron;
we recommend the edition edited by A. Quondam, M. Fiorilla, G. Alfano, Milano,
Rizzoli Bur, 2013. Reading and analysis of the following novellas: I, 1
(Ciappelletto); II, 5 (Andreuccio da Perugia); III, 1 (Masetto da
Lamporecchio); IV, 5 (Elisabetta da Messina); V, 4 (Ricciardo Manardi); VI, 6
(Michele Scalza); VII, 2 (Peronella) and 10 (i due senesi); IX, 2 (La badessa e
le brache) and 10 (Don Gianni e compare Pietro).
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association
on Copyright).
All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.
