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39409 - Semiotics of Musical and Audiovisual Languages (1)

Academic Year 2019/2020

                
                        Docente:
                        Claudio Paolucci
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        M-FIL/05
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Communication Sciences (cod. 8885)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The classes aim to provide the student with the semantic and the semiotic tools needed to analyze contemporary musical and audiovisual languages, applying them to both aesthetic and popular culture texts, such as movies, television programs, songs, video clips, etc.

Course contents

Semiotic methodology and concrete analyses of audio-visual languages, such as Mulholland Drive, Game of Thrones, ETernal Sunchine of the Spotless Mind, Westworld, Perfect Sense and many others.

Readings/Bibliography

U. Eco, Lector in fabula, Bompiani, Milano.
F. Casetti, Dentro lo sguardo, Bompiani, Milano.
C. Paolucci e P. Violi (a cura di), I piani della semiotica. Espressione e contenuto tra analisi e interpretazione, numero speciale monografico della rivista VS-Versus N. 103-105, Bompiani, Milano: pp. 1-100 e 217-252.

Teaching methods

Classes by the teacher and seminars together with the students

Assessment methods

Written questions about the texts and the books listed above or a paper.

Teaching tools

Digital and audio-visual supports

Office hours

See the website of Claudio Paolucci