Module Information
Module Identifier
IT20810
Module Title
POST WAR NARRATIVE: FROM NOVEL TO FILM
Academic Year
2012/2013
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Pre-Requisite
(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Italian.
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | |
| Practical | |
| Lecture |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: Essay of 2000 words | 30% |
| Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module students should have
- gained an awareness of the themes relevant to the period of post-war recovery in Italy from 1945 up to the years of crisis at the end of the 1960s.
- furthered their knowledge of the political situation in Italy after World War II, the re-building of the economy, industrialization and its effects, internal migration, social changes such as the rise of consumerism and problems of alienation
- developed an appreciation of literature as a valid vehicle for socio-political comment.
Brief description
A study of cinematic interpretation of several post-war Italian novels, studying the relationship between film narrative in the 1950's and 1960's.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5