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ITL 306 – Italian Cinema
2019 – S2 Day
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Emilio Lomonaco
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| Credit points |
Credit points
3
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp at 200 level including ITL211
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines social and political reality in post-war and contemporary Italy through film. It looks at topical issues such as the mafia; the representation of women; regionalism; religion; language and dialect; migration; and consumerism as represented, explicitly and implicitly, in some of the best known films of Italian cinema. The films screened also offer an overview of the most important periods and genres in Italian film production, from neorealism to 'la Commedia all'Italiana', and introduce students to some of Italy's best known filmmakers.
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Important Academic Dates
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
General Assessment Information
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
Late Assessment Penalty
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| 2 Written assignments | 30% | No | wks 6,12 |
| Class Participation | 10% | No | ongoing |
| Oral Presentation | 20% | No | week 13 |
| Final essay | 40% | No | Week 13 |
2 Written assignments
Due: wks 6,12
Weighting: 30%
500 words in Italian
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Class Participation
Due: ongoing
Weighting: 10%
Attendance and active participation to class weekly discussions/forums
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Oral Presentation
Due: week 13
Weighting: 20%
Film Review Critique
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Final essay
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
1500 words in Italian
For a detailed description of the assignments, please see the section "Additional Information" below.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Delivery and Resources
Text: A History of Italian Cinema, Peter Bondanella, Continuum, New York-London, 2009 ISBN 978-1-4411-6069-0
Films:
Lo sceicco bianco (1952), Federico Fellini.
Pane amore e fantasia (1953), Luigi Comencini.
I soliti ignoti (1958), Mario Monicelli.
Divorzio all'italiana (1961), Pietro Germi.
Il sorpasso (1962), Dino Risi.
81/2(1963), Federico Fellini.
I mostri (1963), Dino Risi. (Episodi guardati in classe)
Mimì metallurgico ferito nell’onore (1971), Lina Wertmüller.
C’eravamo tanto amati (1974), Ettore Scola
Mediterraneo (1991), Gabriele Salvatores.
Johnny Stecchino (1991), Roberto Benigni.
Caterina va in città (2003), Paolo Virzì
Documentaries:
1) Italian Comedy from Totò to Benigni
2) Federico Fellini – Sono un gran bugiardo
Copies of films on DVD will be given to students at the end of each lesson.
Readings:
Bassanese Fiora Understanding Luigi Pirandello,1997
Bondanella, Peter The cinema of Federico Fellini, 1992
Brand & Pertile The Cambridge History of Italian Literature, 1996
Burke, Frank Federico Fellini, Variety lights to La dolce vita, 1987
Caputi, Anthony Pirandello and the crisis of modern consciousness, 1998
Gorizio, Vito Verga Verista, guida a "I Malavoglia", 1994
Verga, Giovanni I Malavoglia, 1991
Verga, Giovanni The house by the medlar tree, 1984.
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Technology
Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.
Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.
Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.
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- Academic Appeals Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progression Policy
- Assessment Policy
- Fitness to Practice Procedure
- Grade Appeal Policy
- Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public
- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
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Graduate Capabilities
Creative and Innovative
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Problem Solving and Research Capability
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Effective Communication
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Introduce students to Italian cinema and film criticism
- Deepen students’ cultural and historic understanding of Italy
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- Further students’ linguistic competence through speaking, reading and writing in the target language
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
- Demonstrate a textual and contextual understanding of films that deal with crucial historic, economic and social themes
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Socially and Environmentally Active and Responsible
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Allow students to develop and consolidate skills in critical analysis and textual interpretation
- To develop students’ independent research skills and motivate students to conduct self-directed research of Italian Cinema for their end-of-semester oral presentation.
- Write and argue appropriately to discuss and analyze film content
Assessment tasks
- 2 Written assignments
- Class Participation
- Oral Presentation
- Final essay
Additional information
For lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetables website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au.
Ongoing assessment
Students are required to watch all the movies/documentaries and comment them in Italian. They will be given, each week, a set of questions in relation to the movie/documentary they have to watch (and/or to the chapters of the text they have to study) for the following lesson. Their answers will stimulate comments and discussions in class.
For your graded written assignments please consider these points:
- Type in double space.
- Use correct accents.
- Make sure to include a bibliography (Websites included).
- Always quote your sources when discussing (other texts read
or Websites) even when you are paraphrasing.
- Whenever it’s possible, support your discussion with examples
(scenes from the film).
ALL TEXT-BASED ASSESSMENT TASKS WILL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO PLAGIARISM DETECTION SOFTWARE (TURNITIN)
Oral presentation:
The student will present to the class another film from the genres/directors studied in class (Neorealism, Fellini, Comedy Italian Style etc.). Your presentation should be delivered freely (not read from notes) and last no longer than 7 minutes. At the end of the presentation one student and the tutor, will ask one question each (two questions in total) about the film/director presented.
If you have handouts, please let your tutor have the materials ahead of time, so that photocopies can be made before the class starts.