LET002 - TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA

courses

ID:

LET002

Duration (hours):

72

CFU:

SSD:

CINEMA, FOTOGRAFIA E TELEVISIONE

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

CULTURAL HERITAGE/Storia dell'arte Year: 3

Course Details:

HUMANITIES/LINGUAGGI DELLA MUSICA, DELLO SPETTACOLO E DEI MEDIA Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Course Objectives

This course contributes to the learning outcomes for the degree course in Literature, providing extensive knowledge of contemporary television and digital media, with a particular focus on TV series.

Knowledge

Once the course is completed, students will have acquired a solid knowledge of the main methods used in the analysis of contemporary television and its relationship to media digitali, particularly as concerns TV serial narratives. Students will be aware of the most important moments in the history of television, which they will able to discuss from a economic, social and technological perspective.

Critical thinking

Students will be able to use the tools they have acquired to offer stylistic analyses of contemporary TV series and to place them within the appropriate historical framework.

Communication skills

Students will be able to discuss the key elements of contemporary television and its relation with digital media, showing its ability to use the appropriate technical vocabulary to analyse TV serial narratives.

Learning skills

The knowledge acquired during the course will allow students to develop their learning skills, which can be applied in further education in the field of humanities.

Course Prerequisites

None

Teaching Methods

This course (taught lessons) is 63 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.

Texts

6 CFU

a. A collection of articles and book chapters selected by the teacher will be provided at the beginning of the course. The texts will offer an introduction to the study of television and new media.

b. Gianluigi Rossini, “Le serie TV”, Bologna, Il Mulino, (pp. 216)

c. Jason Mittel, “Complex TV. Teoria e tecnica dello storytelling delle serie tv”, Roma, minimum fax, 2017 (Introduzione, capitoli 1, 2, 4)

9 CFU

Due volumi a scelta fra i seguenti:

1. Marco Teti, “Twin Peaks. Narrazione multimediale ed esperienza di visione”, Milano e Udine, Mimesis, 2018

2. Chiara Checcaglini, “Breaking Bad. La chimica del male: storia, temi, stile”, Milano e Udine, Mimesis, 2014

3. Dom Holdaway, Massimo Scaglioni, “The Walking Dead. Contagio culturale e politica post-apocalittica”, Milano e Udine, Mimesis, 2017

4. Lucia Esposito e Alessandra Ruggiero (a cura di), “Downton Abbey. Il fascino sfacciato dell’aristocrazia”, Milano e Udine, Mimesis, 2021

5. Damiano Garofalo, “Black Mirror. Memorie dal futuro”, Roma: Edizioni Estemporanee, 2017

6. Federico Boni, “American Horror Story. Una cartografia postmoderna del gotico americano”, Milano e Udine, Mimesis, 2016

7. Sara Martin e Valentina Re, “Game of Thrones. Una mappa per immaginare mondi”, Milano, Udine, Mimesis, 2017

8. Elisa Mandelli Elisa, “In treatment. La serialità in analisi,” Milano e Udine, Mimesis 2017

9. Giuliana Benvenuti, “Il brand Gomorra. Dal romanzo alla serie TV”, Bologna, Il mulino, 2017

10. Marta Boni, “Romanzo criminale. Transmedia and beyond”, Venezia, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari-Digital Publishing, 2014

STUDENTS WHO WON’T ATTEND THE LECTURES WILL HAVE TO STUDY TWO ADDITIONAL BOOKS, TO BE CHOSEN AMONG THOSE LISTED ABOVE FOR THE 9CFU COURSE.

Introduction to the history and the analysis of tlevision series, between traditional and contemporary television