B3118 - CULTURA E ISTITUZIONI ITALIANE.

Learning outcomes

The student - knows the basic elements (concepts, terms, contents and objectives) of Italian institutions and culture, essential for the understanding of the numerous components of our cultural tradition (also recent) - is capable of identifying and understanding the cultural elements and institutional testimonies in literary, nonfiction, dramaturgical, cinematographic, musical works and in the field of contemporary Italian visual arts - is able to independently develop further knowledge and higher level skills and apply them in the analysis of other cultural and institutional phenomena typical of Italian civilization

Course contents

Images of contemporary Italy: history, economy, society, culture in literature and cinema

Starting from the second half of the twentieth century, Italy has been affected by a radical process of transformation in the political, economic, social and cultural fields. This major modernization brought about extraordinary changes. The course aims to document and illustrate these changes, drawing on a series of different sources, especially literary and cinematographic ones. In this way we will try to offer a "moving image" of Italy from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day.

Readings/Bibliography

Miguel Gotor, L'Italia nel Novecento. Dalla sconfitta di Adua alla vittoria di Amazon, Einaudi, pp. 101-513.

Reading of at least one of the following novels:

- Lucio Mastronardi, Il maestro di Vigevano, Einaudi

- Luciano Bianciardi, La vita agra, Feltrinelli

- Italo Calvino, La speculazione edilizia, Mondadori

In addition to the literary texts indicated above, the lessons will focus on some films presented from time to time by the lecturer.

Non-attending students will privately ensure the viewing of the following films, which will be screened (in whole or in part) and analyzed in class:

- Dieci italiani per un tedesco (by Filippo Walter Ratti)

- Il maestro di Vigevano (by Elio Petri)

- La vita agra (by Carlo Lizzani)

- Le mani sulla città (by Francesco Rosi)

- Tutto a posto e niente in ordine (by Lina Wertmüller)

- Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (by Marco Bellocchio)

- Marcia trionfale (by Marco Bellocchio)

- Il caso Moro (by Giuseppe Ferrara)

- Quando c'era Silvio. Storia del periodo berlusconiano (by Beppe Cremagnani ed Enrico Deaglio)

FURTHER READING FOR NON ATTENDING STUDENTS

Non-attending students will also study one of the following books:

- Guido Formigoni, Storia essenziale dell'Italia repubblicana, il Mulino

- Umberto Gentiloni Silveri, Storia dell'Italia contemporanea (1943-2019), il Mulino

- Paul Ginsborg, Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, Einaudi

- Andrea Di Michele, Storia dell'Italia repubblicana (1948-2008), Garzanti

- Guido Crainz, Il Paese mancato. Dal miracolo economico agli anni ottanta, Donzelli

Teaching methods

Lectures, reading and commenting on texts, use of multimedia products.

Assessment methods

The final exam will consist of an objective test (31 multiple choice questions to be answered in 20 minutes) and a written test (proposal of an open-ended outline - discussion of a topic or "essay" - to be carried out in 60 minutes). The overall grade will result from the arithmetic average of the two assessments.

The objectives of the exam will be related to the measurement of the learning outcomes expected by the students; the contents of the exam will cover the topics covered in the course.

There are no intermediate or partial exams.

Assessment method: overall grade out of thirty.

Evaluation grid

30-28: in-depth knowledge of the topics; language that is always exact and precise and of excellent argumentative clarity (the attribution of honors presupposes, in addition to the previous requirements, a marked and original personal reworking);

27-26: in-depth knowledge of the topics; language mostly exact and congruous and of good argumentative clarity;

25-24: fair knowledge of the topics; overall correct language even if characterized by some inaccuracies;

23-21: sufficient knowledge of the topics; language not always correct; presence of excessive simplifications of concepts;

20-18: overall sufficient knowledge, even if sometimes incomplete, of the topics; incorrect language, characterized by generalizations, inconsistencies and/or trivializations of concepts;

exam not passed: serious gaps in the preparation that testify an overall insufficient knowledge of the topics and/or incorrect and inadequate critical language with misunderstandings of concepts.

Office hours

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