IT20810 - POST WAR NARRATIVE: FROM NOVEL TO FILM

Module Identifier

IT20810

Module Title

POST WAR NARRATIVE: FROM NOVEL TO FILM

Academic Year

2005/2006

Co-ordinator

Adriano Vincentelli

Semester

Intended for use in future years

Next year offered

N/A

Next semester offered

N/A

Pre-Requisite

(Normally) Eligibility for entry to Level 2 Italian.

Course delivery

Seminars / Tutorials

Total of 15 Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals.

Practical

Total of 15 Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals.

Lecture

Total of 15 Lectures, Seminars/Tutorials and Practicals.

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	2 Hours	70%
Semester Assessment	Continuous Assessment: Essay of 2000 words	30%

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