COURSE CALENDAR

INTRODUCTION: ITALIAN SOCIETY IN FILM

 

Week 1 (23-26 August): Course Overview       

     Lesson 1: Course structure, objectives, resources, film viewing guides

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      Homework​

• O'Leary, "What is Italian Cinema?"(pdf)

• Discussion Questions (word doc.)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

• Study "Film Terms" (under Resources tab) 

• Complete ITA 261-01 lesson 1 survey

• Set up a Twitter account & follow our course feed: @italyonscreen (optional)

 

     ​Lesson 2: Italian Cinema & Society

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     Homework​

• ISTAT annual report (2018)

• European Commission Report on Italy (2020)​

• Discussion Questions (word doc.)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

• Set up a Twitter account & follow our course feed: @italyonscreen (optional)

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MODULE 1: WORK & THE ECONOMY

 

Week 2 (30 August- 2 September)

     Lesson 1: Work & the Economy

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      Homework​

• Testa, “Crisis- What Crisis? The Jobless Society and Italian Cinema in the Early 2000s”

• Viewing  Guide- Il capitale umano (Human Capital)(word doc)

• Viewing  Guide- Il capitale umano (Human Capital)(pdf)

• Watch Il capitale umano (instructions on Blackboard)

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     Lesson 2: Il capitale umano (Human Capital, Paolo Virzì, 2014)

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 1 on BB by midnight on Friday, 3 September 

• Look over Scene Analysis Presentation (under Assessments tab)​

• No class on Monday, September 6th (Labor Day)

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Week 3 (6-9 September)

     Lesson 1: No Classes in Session (Labor Day)

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      Homework​

• Baracco, “I Can Quit Whenever I Want: The Academic Precariat in Italian Cinema"

• Viewing Guide- Smetto quando voglio (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Smetto quando voglio (pdf)

• Watch Smetto quando voglio

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     Lesson 2: Smetto quando voglio (I Can Quit Whenever I Want, Sydney Sibilia, 2013)

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 2 on BB by midnight on Friday, 10 September

• Matthews,"Brain Drain Costs Italy Its Best Academics… and Its Worst"

• Ruttenberg,"Italy's Brightest Youth Heading Abroad"

• Zatti,"Brain Drain: Social Challenge or Global Opportunity?" (TEDx Talk)

• Discussion Questions (word doc)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

 

Week 4 (13-16 September)

     Lesson 1: Youth Unemployment & Brain Drain

     

   Homework​​​

• "Italy's Millennials: Caught Between 'Mama's Boys' and Making it Work"

• Severgnini, “The Secret Behind Italy’s New Favorite Film”

• Viewing Guide- Quo vado? (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Quo vado? (pdf)

• Watch Quo vado? ​

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     Lesson 2: Quo vado? (Gennaro Nunziante, 2016)  

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 3 on BB by midnight on Friday, 17 September

• Langewieshe, “The Camorra  Never Sleeps” 

• Interview with Roberto Saviano

• Discussion Questions (word doc)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

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MODULE 2: ORGANIZED CRIME & OUTLAWS

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Week 5 (20-23 September)

     Lesson 1: Roberto Saviano & Organized Crime in Italy

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      Homework​​

• Cliento,"Saviano, Garrone, Gomorrah: Neorealism and Noir in the Land of the Camorra"

• Viewing Guide- Gomorra (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Gomorra (pdf)

• Watch Gomorra

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     Lesson 2: Gomorra (Matteo Garrone, 2008)

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      Homework​​

• Submit Viewing Guide 4 on BB by midnight on Friday, 24 September

• Renga, “Why Italian Cinema is Starting to Glamorize the Mafia”

• Tondo, “Camorra Child Gangsters Replace Omertà with Social Media Boasting”

• Discussion questions (word doc)

• Discussion questions (pdf)

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Week 6 (27-30 September)

     Lesson 1: Camorra Child Gangsters

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      Homework​​

• Roberto Saviano on La paranza dei bambini

• Viewing Guide- La paranza dei bambini (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- La paranza dei bambini (pdf)

• Watch La paranza dei bambini 

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     Lesson 2: La paranza dei bambini (Piranhas, Claudio Giovannesi, 2019)

     

   Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 5 on BB by midnight on Friday, 1 October

• Complete this anonymous survey

• Meme / TikTok (midterm review). Bring a copy to class on Monday, 4 October & submit on BB.

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Week 7 (4-7 October)​

     Lesson 1: Course Review + Introduction to Contemporary Migration Flows to Italy

   

   Homework​

• Read over [Un]essay + Annotated Bibliography (Assessment tab)​

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     Lesson 2: Library Research Session

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Homework​

• Dolasinski, L. “Crossing Borders. Migration, Tourism, and Liminality in Crialese's Terraferma”

• Terraferma- Viewing Guide (word doc)

• Terraferma- Viewing Guide (pdf)

• Watch Terraferma

• Submit Viewing Guide 6 on BB by midnight on Friday, 8 October

• No class on Monday, October 11th (Indigenous Peoples' Day/ Columbus Day)

• No film screening on Tuesday, October 12th (Fall Break)

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MODULE 3: MIGRANTS & SECOND-GENERATION ITALIANS

 

Week 8 (11-14 October)

     Lesson 1: No class on Monday, October 11th (Indigenous Peoples' Day/ Columbus Day)

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      Homework​

• If you haven't yet, submit Viewing Guide 6 on BB

• No film screening on Tuesday, October 12th (Fall Break)

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     Lesson 2: Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, 2011)

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      Homework​​​

•  O’Healy, “Traffic from the East: Gender, Labor, and Biopolitics”

• Discussion Questions (word doc)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

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Week 9 (18-21 October)

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    Lesson 1: Contemporary Migration Flows to Italy Cont'd.

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      Homework​

• Burton, “A Trip to Trieste: Italy’s Most Beautifully Haunting City”

• Viewing Guide- La sconosciuta (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- La sconosciuta (pdf)

• Watch La sconosciuta

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     Lesson 2: La sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman, Giuseppe Tornatore, 2006)

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 7 on BB by midnight on Friday, 22 October

• Complete [Un]essay Proposal & bring to class on Monday, 25 October for Peer Workshop

• Clough Marinao, I. & James Walston,“Italy’s ‘Second Generations’: The Sons and Daughters of Migrants

• "Can Culture, Not Blood, Make You Italian

• ​​"How Migrants and Refugees are Being Welcomed in One Tiny Italian Village"

• Discussion Questions (word doc)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)​

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Week 10 (25-28 October)

     Lesson 1: [Un]essay Peer Workshop + Second-Generation Italians

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      Homework​​

• Viewing Guide- Bangla (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Bangla (pdf)

• Watch Bangla

• Extra credit opportunity! You can earn 3 bonus points if you dress up as a character from one of the films we've screened in class on Thursday, 28 October

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     Lesson 2: Bangla (Phaim Bhuiyan, 2019)

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 8 on BB by midnight on Friday, 29 October

• Society at a Glance 2019- A Spotlight on LBGT People in Italy.pdf

• Heim and Anatrone, Queering Italian Media (pp. 1-5)

• Discussion questions (word doc.)

• Discussion questions (pdf.)

 

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MODULE 4: QUEER IDENTITIES

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Week 11 (1-4 November)

     Lesson 1: Queer Italy

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      Homework​

• Galt and Schoonover, “Untimely Desires, Historical Efflorescence, and Italy in Call Me by Your Name”

• Viewing Guide- Call Me by Your Name (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Call Me by Your Name (pdf)

• Watch Call Me by Your Name

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     Lesson 2: Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017)

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      Homework​​

• Submit Viewing Guide 9 on BB by midnight on Friday, 5 November

• NPR Podcast: Poggioli, Sylvia, "For Italy's Gay Rights' Advocates, It's One Step Forward, 2 Steps Back"

• Heim and Anatrone, Queering Italian Media (pp. 5-6)

• Italian Cinema Today: Interview: Director Maria Sole Tognazzi

• Discussion Questions (word doc)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

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Week 12 (8-11 November)

     Lesson 1: Lesbian Culture and Identity in Italy

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      Homework​​

• "Italy Launches Diversity Nods Modelled on GLAAD Media Awards" 

• Viewing Guide- Io e lei (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Io e lei (pdf)

• Watch Io e lei

• [Un]essay Proposal due by midnight on Friday, 12 November on BB

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     Lesson 2: Io e lei (Me, Myself and Her, Maria Sole Tognazzi, 2015)

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 10 on BB by midnight on Friday, 12 November

• [Un]essay Proposal due by midnight on Friday, 12 November on BB

• YouTube Channel Interview- Taylor, T., "What's it Like Being Gay in Italy?"

• Discussion Questions (word doc)

• Discussion Questions (pdf)

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Week 13 (15-18 November)

     Lesson 1: Queering Italian Media

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      Homework​

• Bocco, “SKAM Italia is Giving My Country the Heartfelt Stories We’ve So Desperately Needed”

• Monti, S. "'Just Listen to Us': Interview with Pietro Turano from SKAM Italia"

• Viewing Guide- Season 2 of "SKAM Italia" (word doc)

• Viewing Guide- Season 2 of "SKAM Italia" (pdf)

• Watch Season 2 of "SKAM Italia"- episodes 1-5. Episodes 6-10 are optional

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     Lesson 2: Season 2 of "SKAM Italia" (TIMvision, 2018)

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      Homework​

• Submit Viewing Guide 11 on BB by midnight on Friday, 19 November

• Sign up for [Un]essay Presentation here

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COURSE CONCLUSIONS

Week 14 (21-25 November)  

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     Lesson 1: [Un]essay Presentations

 

  Homework​

• Work on [Un]essay + Annotated Bibliography + Final Reflection (due by 4:45pm on Monday, 13 December on BB)

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     Lesson 2: No class, Thanksgiving Recess 24-26 November

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Week 15 (29 November- 2 December)  

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     Lesson 1: [Un]essay Presentations

 

  Homework​

• Work on [Un]essay + Annotated Bibliography + Final Reflection (due by 4:45pm on Monday, 13 December on BB)

• Please complete this survey: "What is Italian Cinema?"

• Please complete this survey: "Advice- ITA 261"

• Optional individual appointments:​​ Tuesday, 7 December; Wednesday, 8 December; Thursday, 9 December

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    Lesson 2: [Un]essay Presentations

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  Homework​

• Work on [Un]essay + Annotated Bibliography + Final Reflection (due by 4:45pm on Monday, 13 December on BB)

• Please complete this survey: "Advice- ITA 261"

• Optional individual appointments:​​ Tuesday, 7 December; Wednesday, 8 December; Thursday, 9 December

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