ITALIAN 204
Italian Fiction and Cinema (Texts in Italian)
Please note: this is archived course information from 2022 for ITALIAN 204.
Description
Texts are in Italian.
A study of Italian novels, short stories and their adaptation into feature films.
All too often fidelity to an original literary text is used as a criterion for judging the value of its film adaptation. This course questions the value of fidelity as criterion by examining the process of transformation of some modern Italian literary texts into feature films.
We will consider how adaptation allows a film to successfully present the otherness and distinctiveness of its original text, bearing in mind the different narrative functions and codes of novels and film. The intellectual and social milieus in which these literary works and films were produced will also be considered.
Assessment
Coursework only
Availability 2022
Not taught in 2022
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Reading/Texts
Reading Texts will be made available on CANVAS
Films can be viewed in the Library.
Assessment
Coursework only
Points
ITALIAN 204: 15 points
Prerequisites
ITALIAN 107
Corequisites
ITALIAN 200
Restrictions
ITALIAN 232, 336