IMAGINARY SOCIOLOGY

Luigi FREZZA IMAGINARY SOCIOLOGY

4312400029
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF6
DISCIPLINE DELLE ARTI VISIVE, DELLA MUSICA E DELLO SPETTACOLO
2020/2021

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE TEACHING IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CONTEMPORARY IMAGINARY, STARTING FROM PRECISE THEORETICAL PATHS AND INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF PRACTICES THAT PASS THROUGH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND FORMS OF THE CLASSICAL MEDIA (FROM MOVIES TO COMICS AND TV FICTION) TO COME TO THE AUDIOVISUAL CULTURES THAT MARK THE CURRENT DIGITAL ERA. RELATED OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY TO APPLY SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN RELATION TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC ELEMENTS AND MODELS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGINARY.
Prerequisites
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE, BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORY OF CINEMA, TV, COMIC STRIPS, ADVERTISING AND TELEVISION FICTION.
Contents
THE TEACHING IS DEVELOPED BY FOLLOWING TWO COMPLEMENTARY LINES: 1) HISTORY, THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE IMAGINARY AND ITS SOCIAL-CULTURAL RELEVANCE; 2) ANALYSIS OF "CASE HISTORY" BETWEEN CINEMA, COMIC STRIPS, SERIAL AND AUTHOR FICTION, ADVERTISING, ART VIDEOS AND ON THE WEB ETC.
SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO RELATIONS FROM GENERATIONS AND CONSUMPTION, AUDIENCE, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN ITS RELATIONS WITH IMAGINARY CHANGES.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS, PROJECTION OF AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCES, TEXTUAL AND SOCIO-CULTUROLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FILMS, COMICS AND OTHER TYPES OF THE AUDIOVISUAL IMAGINARY.
Verification of learning
THE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS WILL AIM TO VERIFY THE ACQUISITION OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS OF THE DISCIPLINE IN RELATION TO THE TEXTS ANALYZED DURING THE COURSE AND THEIR CULTURAL CONTEXTS.
Texts
1) EDGAR MORIN, CINEMA OR THE IMAGINARY MAN. AN ESSAY OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, RAFFAELLO CORTINA EDITORE, MILAN, 2016.
2) GINO FREZZA, FIGURES OF IMAGINERY. MUTATIONS OF CINEMA FROM ANALOGICAL MEDIA TO DIGITAL ERA, AREABLU EDITIONS, CAVA DE' TIRRENI, 2015.
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