FILM HISTORY AND CRITICISM
cod. 13028

Academic year 2017/18
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Sara MARTIN
Academic discipline
Cinema, fotografia e televisione (L-ART/06)
Field
"storia, archeologia e storia dell'arte"
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

Educational goals
The course develops a journey through the history of cinema, from its origins to the contemporaneity. The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to acquire the ability to know and analyze the audiovisual text.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course is divided into two sections:
section A: the general history of cinema following the topics:
- Silent cinema
- The cinematographic genres
- The sound period in Europe and America
- Italian neorealism
- The author's cinema
- The European "new waves"
- Postmodern cinema and contemporary cinema
section B: monographic journey on Joel and Ethan Coen. The study of this authors will give the opportunity to work in particular on film genres through the history of cinema.

Full programme

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Bibliography

section A
K. Thompson, D. Bordwell
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education "History of cinema: an introduction"
A. Costa, “Saper vedere il cinema“, Bompiani, Milan 2011 (choose the latest revised and updated edition)
section B
G. Alonge, G. Carluccio, “Il cinema americano contemporaneo“, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2015
G. Manzoli (edited by), "Joel e Ethan Coen", Marsilio, 2014.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam will be oral

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.corsiumanistici@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dott.ssa Valentina Galeotti
T. +39 0521 034133
Manager E. valentina.galeotti@unipr.it
Office E. dusic.lettere@unipr.it

President of the degree course

Prof. Marco Gentile
E. marco.gentile@unipr.it

Faculty advisor

Prof. Nicola Catelli
E. nicola.catelli@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Margherita Centenari
E. margherita.centenari@unipr.it

Prof. Simone Gibertini
E. simone.gibertini@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Carlo Alberto Gemignani
E. carloalberto.gemignani@unipr.it

Referenti per piani di studio e convalide

Prof. Carlo Varotti | Studenti A-L
E. carlo.varotti@unipr.it

Prof. Paolo Rinoldi | Studenti M-Z
E. paolo.rinoldi@unipr.it

Erasmus delegates

Prof.ssa Cristina Carusi | Erasmus+ SMT
E. cristina.carusi@unipr.it

Prof. Luca Iori | Erasmus+ SMS
E. luca.iori@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof.ssa Paola Volpini
E. paola.volpini@unipr.it

Internships

Prof.ssa Giulia Raboni
E. giulia.raboni@unipr.it

Tutor students

Dott. Alberto Negri
E. alberto.negri1@studenti.unipr.it

Dott.ssa Irene Rizzi
E. irene.rizzi@unipr.it