Module Identifier | IT30710 | |||||||||||
Module Title | FASCISM AND RESISTANCE | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2004/2005 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Mr Adriano Vincentelli | |||||||||||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | |||||||||||
Next year offered | N/A | |||||||||||
Next semester offered | N/A | |||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Antonietta Feroldi | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | (Normally) eligibility for entry to Level 3 Italian. | |||||||||||
Co-Requisite | (IT30610 recommended.) | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 5 Hours Total of 15 Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals. | ||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours Total of 15 Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals. | |||||||||||
Practical | 5 Hours Total of 15 Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals. | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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- gained an understanding of the circumstances and events which led to the abolition of the Italian Monarchy and the founding of the Republic of Italy after the end of World War II.
- become aware of some of the disillusionment felt by many Italians as their expectations for change failed to materialise.
- become acquainted with some of the political and moral dilemmas faced by ordinary Italians during the period, as portrayed by best known writers through the medium of a literary genre.
- furthered their knowledge of the Italian language via the reading of texts.
- learnt to seek information from factual/critical sources and to relate that information to experiences described/related in literary texts.
The phenomenon of Italian Fascism will be studied in order to explore its rise, principal characteristics and its failure - relevant issues as manifested in A Moravia's novel Il Conformista will be considered.
The texts chosen to study the Italian Resistance and related issues are "L'Agnese va a morire" by R Vigano, and "La ragazza di Bube" by C Cassola.
The subject will be further illustrated by film/documentary material and excerpts from R Rossellini's film Paisa and Bertolucci's film The Conformistbased on A Moravia's novel.
This module is at CQFW Level 6