Program Overview

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ITALIAN CINEMA

Overview

The teaching aims to present and analyze some aspects, moments, and junctures in the history of Italian cinema, examining some salient phases and the main historiographic and stylistic phenomena that have occurred in our cinema.

Aims and Content

Learning Outcomes

The course aims to provide a historical and theoretical framework on the main phenomena in the history of Italian cinema, through insights into authors, genres, models, styles, modes of representation. The course will cover moments and main elements of Italian cinema, from popular genres to the forms of authorship. The course aims to offer adequate tools in order to learn the history of Italian cinema, to critically treat phenomena in their complexity, and to analyze their specificities in relation to national identity and the historical and cultural reference framework.

Aims and Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to know the main phases of the history of Italian cinema; to problematize the historical, theoretical, and analytical knowledge acquired during the course; to know the phenomena discussed, the authors, the films, and the problems related to the issues addressed; develop analytical skills toward the different forms and genres of film narrative.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are necessary, although a general knowledge of film history is recommended.

Teaching Methods

Lectures will be held in presence (face-to-face teaching). All students are reminded to register on the teaching page on the Aulaweb platform.

Syllabus/Content

The teaching will be held in seminar form. After an introduction on the methodologies, forms, and main phases of Italian film history, the teaching will be organized into seminar lectures. Through thematic meetings held by invited scholars, the course will delve into authors, genres, problems, and research themes, presenting books and ongoing research.

Recommended Reading/Bibliography

1. M. Comand, A. Sainati (a cura di), Storia del cinema italiano , Pearson, Milano, 2022
2. P. Bondanella, F. Pacchioni, A History of Italian Cinema , Bloomsbury, London-New York, 2017
3. Essays and documents uploaded on AulaWeb.

Non-attending students (who will take the oral exam) must add to the syllabus: G. Muggeo, Marcello Mastroianni , Carocci, Roma, 2024.

Teachers and Exam Board

• GABRIELE RIGOLA
• LUCA MALAVASI

Exam Board

• GABRIELE RIGOLA (President)
• LUCA MALAVASI (President Substitute)

Lessons

Lessons Start

24th February 2026.

Class Schedule

The timetable for this course is available.

Exams

Exam Description

Erasmus students not proficient in Italian may request a substitutive bibliography and take the examination in English or French.

Assessment Methods

Students are expected to be familiar with the issues covered in the lecture, bibliography, and filmography of reference; demonstrate the ability to independently problematize the historiographic, theoretical, and analytical issues discussed and presented in class.

Attending students must write a paper (5 pages) on one of the topics or themes explored in seminar lectures. Non-attending students should prepare on the texts and bibliography and take the oral exam.

Exam Schedule

• 15/12/2025, 09:00, GENOVA, Orale
• 14/01/2026, 14:30, GENOVA, Orale
• 04/02/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Orale
• 04/06/2026, 10:00, GENOVA, Orale
• 26/06/2026, 10:00, GENOVA, Orale
• 20/07/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Orale
• 09/09/2026, 09:00, GENOVA, Orale

Further Information

For any other information, students should consult the course materials.