ITALIAN 713

Italian Popular Culture

Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for ITALIAN 713.

Description

Examines some typical examples of Italian popular culture in the context of critical debates on mass culture. Among the texts to be studied are: Pinocchio, comic strips and fotoromanzi, an Italian horror movie, Edmondo de Amicis’ Cuore, Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini’s La donna della domenica and the television series Il maresciallo Rocca.

Availability 2016

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

ITALIAN 713: 30 points

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ITALIAN 333