Contemporary film culture

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. By the end of the Course, according to the Dublino descriptors, students 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. Learning skill 

They will be able to orient themselves among the bibliographic sources and to integrate concepts learned in class both with autonomous studying and with their own experiences as spectators.  

The course is divided into three modules. The first one (A) is dedicated to a general recognition on the main tendencies about American cinema of the last decade, in order to map the changing scenery of the new forms and codes.

Module A - The 2010s of American cinema (4 ECTS)

 Textbook:

America oggi II. Cinema, media, cultura, a cura di G. Carluccio, M. Pollone, Torino, Kaplan, 2024, pp. 434.

Module B - Political cinema (1 ECTS)

Textbook:

A. Cervini, Il cinema politico, in Il cinema del nuovo millennio. Geografie, forme, autori, a cura di A. Cervini, Roma, Carocci, 2020, pp. 19-36.

Module C - Biopic (1 ECTS)

Textbooks:

G. Tagliani, «La vita e l’azione. Sul carattere moderno del biografico italiano», in Fata Morgana,  46, 2022, pp. 55-69;

S. Busni, «Life discomposed : il genere tra musica(l) e vita, in Fata Morgana, 46, 2022, pp. 117-136 ;

S. Busni, «I due corpi della regina : donna, corona (e diva)», in Fata Morgana, 49, 2023, pp. 187-202.

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.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.