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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

Pietro CAVALLO CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA

0323100035
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF7
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
2020/2021

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
960LESSONS
PIETRO CAVALLO T Curriculum
Objectives
AT THE END OF THE LESSONS, STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ACQUIRED AN ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HISTORY AND AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA. STUDENTS SHOULD SHOW TO HAVE REACHED CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO THE SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE, AND INTO MORE GENERAL TOPICS RELATING TO PHENOMENA OF GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE, OF STANDARDIZATION AND ACCELERATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROCESSES, ALSO IN RELATION TO THE ROLE OF THE AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA AND TO THEIR HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT. THEY SHOULD ALSO SHOW PROFICIENCY IN THE USE OF A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS SHOULD SHOW TO BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND PARTICULARLY ITALIAN HISTORY FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE 1990S.
Contents
THE COURSE, CONSISTING OF A SEMINAR, WILL SCRUTINIZE HOW THE BROADCAST MEDIA, ESPECIALLY FILM, HAVE TOLD SOME VERY IMPORTANT PERIODS OF ITALIAN HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (THE RISORGIMENTO AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL UNITY) AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (WORLD WAR I, THE RISE OF FASCISM, THE THIRTIES, WORLD WAR II AS WELL AS THE RESISTANCE, THE RECONSTRUCTION, THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE, THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION OF THE 1960S, THE 1970S AND TERRORISM).
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES LECTURES AND FILM SCREENINGS. EACH SCREENING WILL BE PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION AND FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF VERIFICATION.
Verification of learning
IN ORDER TO SHOW THE ACQUIRED UNDERSTANDING ON THE SUBJECT, STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIT A VIVA ON THE ADOPTED TEXT AND TO PRODUCE A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE WORK MADE DURING THE SEMINAR.
Texts
PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS:
PIETRO CAVALLO, LA STORIA SUL GRANDE SCHERMO. RISORGIMENTO E RESISTENZA NEL CINEMA ITALIANO TRA RICOSTRUZIONE E MIRACOLO ECONOMICO (1945-1965), LIGUORI EDITORE, 2019 (PP.1-85; PP.117-121; PP. 158-279);
- ELIO FRESCANI-MARIANGELA PALMIERI, EDITED BY, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEVENTIES. MEDIA, POLITICA E SOCIETÀ IN ITALIA, «CINEMA E STORIA», RUBBETTINO, 2019 (THE ESSAYS OF PIETRO CAVALLO, SIMONA COLARIZI, PIERRE SORLIN, CHRISTIAN UVA, MARCELLO RAVVEDUTO, MAGHERITA PLATANIA, LORENZO BENADUSI, GABRIELE RIGOLA, ELIO FRESCANI, MARIANGELA PALMIERI)
- EXAMINATION, IN ADDITION, EACH STUDENT WILL REPORT ON THE WORK DONE DURING THE COURSE.
More Information
THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND WILL BE EXAMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
- PIETRO CAVALLO, LA STORIA SUL GRANDE SCHERMO. RISORGIMENTO E RESISTENZA NEL CINEMA ITALIANO TRA RICOSTRUZIONE E MIRACOLO ECONOMICO (1945-1965), LIGUORI EDITORE, 2019
- A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE:
- PIETRO CAVALLO, PASQUALE IACCIO, EDITED BY, PENSO CHE UN SOGNO COSÌ NON RITORNI MAI PIÙ. L’ITALIA DEL MIRACOLO TRA STORIA, CINEMA, MUSICA E TELEVISIONE, LIGUORI, 2016;
- ELIO FRESCANI, MARIANGELA PALMIERI, EDITED BY, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEVENTIES. MEDIA, POLITICA E SOCIETÀ IN ITALIA, «CINEMA E STORIA 2019», NUMERO SPECIALE, RUBBETTINO
STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND SEMINARS, ORGANIZED IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTES, THAT HAVE AS THEIR OBJECT THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED DIRECTLY BY THE PROFESSOR. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO ATTEND THE COURSE REGULARLY.
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