UCJIT021 Italian Literature in Film 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Táňa Pavlíková Alešová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The second semester of the Italian literature in film course concentrates on the 20th century literary works that have been adapted into a movie. Two seminars are dedicated to each literary work and its movie adaptation. In the first seminar the film is shown. The students are supposed to look up some information about the author and read an assigned passage from his/her work for the following week. In the following lesson the relation between the film and the literary work is discussed and the text analysed. This course completes the Italian literature 4 course.
Syllabus
  • 1. Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
    Lettura: Giorgio Bassani, brano tratto da Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
    Film: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini, regia di Vittorio de Sica
    2. Cristo si e' fermato a Eboli
    Lettura: Carlo Levi, brano tratto da Cristo si e' fermato a Eboli
    Film: Cristo si e' fermato a Eboli, regia Francesco Rosi
    3. La tregua
    Lettura: Primo Levi, brano tratto da La tregua
    Film: La tregua, regia di Francesco Rosi
    4. Il giorno della civetta
    Lettura: Leonardo Sciascia, brano tratto da Il giorno della civetta
    Film: Il giorno della civetta, regia di Giovanni Amelio
    5. La noia
    Lettura: Alberto Moravia, brano tratto da La noia
    Film: La noia, regia di Ettore Scola
    6. Happy family
    Lettura: Alessandro Genovesi, brano tratto da Happy family
    Film: Happy family, regia di Gabriele Salvatores
Language of instruction
Italian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
At least 80% attendance, home preparation of assigned texts, final exam based on a text analysis.
Bibliography:
Baldi, G. et al. Dal testo alla storia. Dalla storia al testo. Generi. La narrativa del novecento. Milano: Paravia Mondadori, 2002.
Cortellazzo, S., Tomasi, D. Letteratura e cinema. Bari: Laterza, 1998.
Seidl, I. La letteratura italiana del Novecento. Brno: FF UJEP, 1985.
Bassani, G. Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
Levi, P. La tregua
Levi, C. Cristo si e' fermato a Eboli
Sciascia, L. Il giorno della civetta
Moravia, A. La noia
Genovesi, A. Happy family
Pirandello, L. Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1997, Summer 1998, Winter 1998, Summer 1999, Summer 2011, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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