Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in multilingual communication, professional focus in language and culture | 10 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will be divided into two parts:
- An introduction to the political, social and cultural history of Italy in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- A focus on Neorealism, a crucial period in political, social, literary and artistic terms, mobilising a broad spectrum of languages (cinema, music, painting, etc.).
The course proposes to analyse this movement by reading extracts, in French, from writers such as I. Calvino, B. Fenoglio and P. Levi, as well as by commenting on films (Les amants diaboliques by L. Visconti, Rome, open city by R. Rossellini, Le Voleur de bicyclette by V. De Sica, all with French subtitles), and examining paintings (in particular the paintings of R. Guttuso). We will look at the way in which Italian literature, cinema and painting have recounted the Resistance and dealt with the social and cultural tensions of the post-war period.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
By the end of this course, students will have acquired an overview of the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italy. They will be able to identify the themes as well as the rhetorical and narrative structures of neorealist texts, and to apply them to texts similar to those studied in class.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Reading, analysis and commentary aimed at global and detailed understanding of texts, films and paintings. Interactive method.
Participation in the course will be required and encouraged.
Students are expected to read or view in advance the texts and films that will be covered in the course.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
A+.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Primary corpus
Reading of literary texts and viewing of films to be analysed in class (a list will be provided at the beginning of the course).
Reading and analysis of a short story, in addition to the one studied in class, from I. Calvino, The Raven Comes Last [1949], trans. by R. Stragliati, Julliard, 2002.
Texts will be available on eCampus.
Bibliography
J.-D. Durand, L'Italie de 1815 à nos jours, Paris, Hachette Supérieur, 2018 [une sélection de chapitres]
M. Cassac (éd.), Littérature et cinéma néoréalistes : réalisme, réel et représentation, Paris, Editions L'Harmattan, 2004 [une sélection de chapitres]
oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Tuesday from 11 am to 1 pm
Lecture Hall: A4 R30 (0/2)
Contacts
Teacher: Thea Rimini
Office: A2 6/18
E-mail: thea.rimini@uliege.be