FLT065 - MEDIA E SERIES

courses

ID:

FLT065

Duration (hours):

48

CFU:

SSD:

CINEMA, FOTOGRAFIA E TELEVISIONE

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1

Course Details:

PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2

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 teaching contributes to the learning outcomes for the degree course in Philology, Linguistics and Literary Traditions, providing extensive knowledge of the history and theory of 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. 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 offered by mass 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

STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASSES

a. A selection of essays on the theory of media serial narratives will be provided at the beginning of the course.

b. Giovanni Ragone, Fabio Tarzia, (a cura di), “Storia e teoria della serialità. Vol. 1. Dal canto omerico al cinema degli anni Trenta”, Meltemi, Milano 2023, pp. 336.

c. Carlos A. Scolari, Paolo Bertetti,Matthew Freeman, “Transmedia archaeology: fantascienza, pulp, fumetti”, Armando, Milano 2020, pp. 157.

STUDENTS WHO WON’T ATTEND CLASSES MUST STUDY AN ADDITIONAL BOOK:

- Jennifer Hayward, “Consuming pleasures : active audiences and serial fictions from Dickens to soap opera”, University of Kentucky, Lexington1997.

The course engages the 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.

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.