ITAL 4920 - Italian Culture Through Cinema

Fall 2023

Taught in English
Two people kissing in a 1940s film

Course: ITAL 4920
Instructor: Michela Ardizzoni
Meets: Tu & Th REMOTE 9:30-10:45am

Learn about the representation of Italian culture through cinema from the 1940s to today. During the first part of the semester, we will discuss groundbreaking cinematic styles like Neorealism, the genre of ‘commedia all’italiana’, and world-renowned auteurs, such as Fellini and Visconti. The second half of the course will be devoted to contemporary issues in Italian society: immigration and social/urban change, Mafia, history and memory, gender and sexuality.

Please email Michela.Ardizzoni@colorado.edu with questions.