Rossellini, De Sica, and the Heritage of Italian Neorealism in Film and
Literature.  Crosslisted with CMCL C596, CMLT C790 and WEUR W605.  No
special course fee required.  FRIT M500 and its various crosslisted
equivalents will employ the same film series presented in M390 and will
focus upon Italian neorealism.  It will naturally require more secondary
reading, as well as the screening of some additional films not screened
in the weekly series. Grades will be based upon class discussion, assigned
class presentations, and a final research paper (topic of the student's
choice).  Some knowledge or interest in cinema, some knowledge of critical
theory, and a reading knowledge of either Italian or French would be helpful.
(No credit for reading knowledge of Italian will be gained from this seminar
unless the student demonstrates in a research paper that he or she can
deal with Italian criticism in a satisfactory manner and employs it in a
substantial way in the paper).  M500 will discuss not only Italian neorealism
and its heritage in the cinema but also the tradition of literary neorealism
as well.

For more information, contact the instructor by email (bondanel@indiana.edu).