LT0110 - FILM HISTORY

courses

ID:

LT0110

Duration (hours):

48

CFU:

SSD:

CINEMA, FOTOGRAFIA E TELEVISIONE

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

HUMANITIES/LETTERE MODERNE Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

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

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (01/10/2025 - 31/01/2026)

Course Objectives

This teaching contributes to the learning outcomes for the degree course in Literature, providing an extensive knowledge of film history and historiography.
Knowledge
Once the course is completed, students will have acquired a solid knowledge of the main methods used in film analysis, as well as of the most important moments in the film history, of the concept of formal innovation and of the economic, social and technological aspects of film culture.
Critical thinking
Students will be able to use the tools they have acquired to offer stylistic analyses of films and to place them within the appropriate historical framework.
Communication skills
Students will be able to discuss the core moments in the film history and historiography, and to use the appropriate technical vocabulary to analyse films.
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, as well as in the field of film production.

Course Prerequisites

None

Teaching Methods

This teaching (taught lessons) is 72 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. Kristin Thompson, David Bordwell, Storia del cinema. Un’introduzione, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2022 or previous editions, chapters 1-8, 9.3-12, 15.

b. Gianni Rondolino, Dario Tomasi, Manuale del film. Linguaggio, racconto, analisi, Torino, UTET, 2023 or previous editions, capp. 1-4.

9 CFU

c. Kristin Thompson, David Bordwell, Storia del cinema. Un’introduzione, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2022 (chapters 16, 19-20) (in addition to the previous texts).

For students who plan not to attend lessons, the notes are replaced by one of the following books (not one for each group), which expand on topics covered in class:

Film theory

André Bazin, Che cosa è il cinema?, Milano, Garzanti, 1999.

Walter Benjamin, Aura e choc. Saggi sulla teoria dei media, Torino, Einaudi, 2012 (Introduzione, Sezioni I, IV, VIII).

Sergej M. Ejzenštejn, La forma cinematografica, Torino, Einaudi, 2003.

Thomas Elsaesser, Malte Hagener, Teoria del film. Un’introduzione, Torino, Einaudi, 2009.

Sigfried Kracauer, Teoria del cinema. La redenzione della realtà fisica, Imola, Cue Press, 2022.

Robert Stam, Teorie del cinema, vol. I, Roma, Audino, 2005.

Film historiography

Fare storia del cinema. Metodi, oggetti, temi, a cura di Fabio Andreazza, Roma, Carocci, 2022.

Film and history

Pierre Sorlin, Ombre passeggere. Cinema e storia, Venezia, Marsilio, 2013.

Film and society

Pierre Sorlin, Introduzione a una sociologia del cinema, Pisa, ETS, 2017.

Film and visual arts

Antonio Costa, Il cinema e le arti visive, Torino, Einaudi, 2022.

Italian cinema

Gian Piero Brunetta, Cinema italiano. Una storia grande 1905-2023, Torino, Einaudi, 2024.

Cinema italiano e paesaggio

S. Bernardi, Il paesaggio nel cinema italiano, Venezia, Marsilio, 2002.

Students having difficulties with the Italian readings should contact the teacher for a list of texts in English. Please send an email to: fabio.andreazza@unich.it.

Introduction to the film language and history. The Neorealism.

Course Language

Italian

More information

The teacher will be available to offer individualised tutoring in English to any international students who would request assistance with the preparation for the exam, or would need some additional guidance about the programme as a whole.