ITL 5009 Fascism in Literature & Film
This course examines how selected literary and cinematic works portray and interpret the fundamental political and cultural experience of twentieth-century Italy: the fascist regime (and the resistance to it). Participants will study the origins of fascism, its development over the two decades of its existence, and the intellectual forces that opposed it. Themes to be analyzed include: fascism as eclipse of reason, mass consensus to the totalitarian regime, and anti-Semitism. Written and oral assignments. Taught in Italian. Prerequisite: Advanced Italian or permission of instructor.