FLT082 - CINEMA E SERIALITÀ

courses
ID:
FLT082
Duration (hours):
63
CFU:
9
SSD:
Cinema, fotografia, radio, televisione e media digitali
Url:
PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2026
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2026?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2027 - 31/05/2027)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


This teaching contributes to the learning outcomes for the degree course in Philology, Linguistics and Literary Traditions, providing extensive knowledge of the history and theory o cinema andf serial narratives.

Knowledge
Once the course is completed, students will have acquired a solid knowledge of the main methods used in the analysis of serial narratives in film and other media. Students will become familiar with of the key aspect of seriality, and they will be able to discuss them from both a historical and a theorical perspective.

Critical thinking
Students will be able to use the tools they have acquired to offer stylistic analyses of serial narratives in film and media.

Communication skills
Students will be able to discuss the key aspects of the history and the theory of serial narratives.


Course Prerequisites


None


Teaching Methods


This teaching (taught lessons) is 42 hours long.


Assessment Methods


The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course programme, critical and methodological abilities and communication skills will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.

Students will be invited to develop a personal research on a subject of their choice, which could be presented as a presentation in class or as a written paper.


Texts


6 CFRU
a. A selection of essays on theory of cinema and serial narratives will be provided at the beginning of the course.
b. One book chosen among the following

Jennifer Hayward, Consuming Pleasures: Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to soap Opera, University of Kentucky, Lexington 1997
Ben Singer, Melodrama and Modernity: Early Sensational Cinema and Its Contexts, Columbia University Press, 2001
Mark Seltzer, Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture, Routledge, New York e Londra 1998

NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
Students unable to attend the class will study also a secondo book from the list above.

Contents


The course addresses the history and the theory of serial narratives, exploring the role of adaptation, intertextuality and intermediality in the context of mass media and popular culture, with a particular focus on the role of cinema.


Course Language


Italian


More information


Classes will be held in person. In order to facilitate the participation of students from other campuses (Chieti or Pescara), classes will begin at the academic quarter hour and, in any case, online connection will be provided as additional support for those who may encounter travel difficulties.

Degrees

Degrees

PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS 
Master’s Degree
2 years
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