Unit COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- GP005246
- Curriculum
- Letteratura e filologia italiana
- Teacher
- Stefano Giovannuzzi
- Teachers
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- Stefano Giovannuzzi
- Hours
- 54 ore - Stefano Giovannuzzi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-FIL-LET/14
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Dystopian Narratives. The course focuses on dystopic narratives in a transmedial perspective - literature, but also movies and television series - from the post-World War II period to the present, illustrating the evolution of the genre.
- Reference texts
- H. G. Welles, La guerra dei mondi, 1897 (any edition).
A. Huxley Il Mondo Nuovo (Brave New World, 1932; any edition).
-Brave New World, TV series, 2020.
G. Orwell, 1984, (1949; any edition)
R. Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (1953; any edition).
-Fahrenheit 451, 1966, directd by François Truffaut.
Arancia meccanica (A Clockwork Orange), 1971 written, produced and directd by Stanley Kubrick.
F. Dick, Il cacciatore di androidi o Ma gli androidi sognano pecore elettriche? (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, 1968; any edition).
-Blade Runner, 1982, directd by Riddley Scott.
-Brazil, 1985, directd by Terry Gilliam.
The Matrix, trilogy, 1999-2003, written and directd by Andy and Larry Wachowski.
I figli degli uomini (Children of Men) (2006), directd by Alfonso Cuarón
Hunger Games (The Hunger Games), 2012, co-written and directd by Gary Ross.
Snowpiercer, 2013, directd by Bong Joon-ho.
-Snowpiercer, TV series, 2020-21, esecutive producer Bong Joon-ho.
Westworld, TV series, 2016-20, created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy.
H. Jenkins, Cultura convergente [2006], Prefazione di Wu Ming, Milano, Apogeo Education, 2014. The Prefazione, 2007, is available also at: https://www.wumingfoundation.com/italiano/outtakes/culturaconvergente.htm
P. Bertetti, Che cos’è la transmedialità, Roma, Carocci, 2020.
M. Malvestio, Raccontare la fine del mondo. Fantascienza e Antropocene, Roma, nottetempo, 2021. - Educational objectives
- The course aims to illustrate the famenology of dystopian narratives, in literature but also in cinema and TV series, from the immediate post-war period to the present day. At the end of the course, and with the necessary deepening of individual study, students will have an adequate knowledge of the phenomenology of dystopian narratives, addressed in the course of lectures, demonstrating the ability to critically analyze the texts commented in class and provided in the handouts, to have a solid frame of reference on the genre, and to be able to orient themselves using and reworking with autonomy what was discussed in the course.
- Prerequisites
- It is indispensable, both for attending and non-attending students, a fluent knowledge of Italian and possibly at least of one language among English, French, German and Spanish; main notions of history of Italian and European literature are requested as well (basic notions concerning at least two European literatures, among France, England and the German world) learnt in high school and / or in the “triennale” degree.
- Teaching methods
- Teaching, conceived in an interdisciplinary and seminar style, is organized in class lessons (in the ways in which it will be possible to do it) that can be integrated using power-point. Clips from movies and TV series will be shown. A detailed lesson program will be available before the class beginning on the unistudium platform.
In addition, useful materials for the course will be available the unistudium: it is always recommended to check unistudium. - Other information
- Attendance is highly recommended.
For not-attending students the definitive program will be available on unistudium by the end of the course
NB: Students with disabilities and / or SLDs are requested to contact the teacher in time for all the useful aids to follow the course and to agree on the examination methods. - Learning verification modality
- The exam will consist of an oral examination of about 30 minutes, in order to verify both the students’ knowledge of the course bibliography and their ability to critically analyze the texts discussed and commented in class. In place of part of the exam, students are also allowed to write a paper, in agreement and under the Professors guidance.
The definitive program will be available on unistudium by the end of the course. - Extended program
- The course is divided into two blocks of 36 (for students of Italian studies and European history) and 54 (for students of languages, comparative literature and intercultural translation).