- Docente: Francesco Giardinazzo
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-FIL-LET/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)
Learning outcomes
“HISTORY IS ORDINARY PEOPLE”
ITALIAN SONG, MEMORY & MASS CULTURE
Italian culture is universally defined by its artistic forms. Investigating their correlations with history and society - and all its relevant changes- is the first step toward the knowledge of both the essential elements and the most vivid aspects of the Italian culture. One of them is, for example, the Italian song in all its various forms.
This course aims to describe the relationship between popular culture and musical culture in Italy both in its historical and thematic evolution. It will identify the main centres of the Italian musical production and it will describe from the point of view of both anthropology and sociology the reception of the musical discourse in its controversial relationship between "high culture” and a culture that is “other”. In this sense, the course will investigate the concepts of "tradition", "innovation", "horizon of waiting " and the meaning that all these concepts have in the production, diffusion and consumption of music and also within the perspective of both the mass media and the world music.
Course contents
This course aims to describe the relationship between popular culture and musical culture in Italy both in its historical and thematic evolution. It will identify the main centres of the Italian musical production and it will describe from the point of view of both anthropology and sociology the reception of the musical discourse in its controversial relationship between "high culture” and a culture that is “other”. In this sense, the course will investigate the concepts of "tradition", "innovation", "horizon of waiting " and the meaning that all these concepts have in the production, diffusion and consumption of music and also within the perspective of both the mass media and the world music.
Readings/Bibliography
G. CASTALDO, Il romanzo della canzone italiana, Einaudi, Torino, 2018; P. CARUSI, Viva l’Italia. Narrazioni e rappresentazioni della storia repubblicana nei versi dei cantautori “impegnati”, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2018; J. TOMATIS, Storia culturale della canzone italiana, Il Saggiatore, Milano, 2019.
Teaching methods
Classroom-thaught lesson
Assessment methods
Oral examination or paper (agreed with the teacher)
Teaching tools
Musical and video tools
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Giardinazzo