- Docente: Leonardo Gandini
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ART/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production (cod. 0966)
Learning outcomes
Students shall be able to put the iconic elements of the film in relation with its narrative structure.
Course contents
The comic mode in cinema
Readings/Bibliography
Henri Bergson, Il riso. Saggio sul significato del comico, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2001 (oppure qualsiasi altra edizione dello stesso testo)
Carlo Sini, Il comico e la vita, Jaca Book, Milano 2017
David Le Breton, Ridere. Antropologia dell'homo ridens, Raffaello Cortina, Milano 2019.
Teaching methods
Lectures. Ten lectures, each one three hours long
Assessment methods
Oral examinations: students will be tested on the subjects of the course. They shall be able to give proper answers and to properly master the italian language. Students who don't have a wide knowledge of the italian Language will not be able to understand the course; therefore, they will not pass the examination
Teaching tools
Significant parts of comedies and comic films will be shown during the classes, as a tool through which the comic mode in cinema will be discussed
Office hours
See the website of Leonardo Gandini