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20710461 North American Literatures and Visual Cultures in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Translation LM-37 VELLUCCI SABRINA
(syllabus)
The course investigates film adaptations of both theatrical and narrative texts released between the mid-1950s and the present day. We will tackle issues such as immigration and ethnicity; racial discrimination and civil rights; gender identity and disguise/transvestism; orientalism; transculturalism; neo-segregation narratives. Our reflection will focus on the specificities of different genres, languages, and media and the processes of adaptation from play or novel to screen.
(reference books)
Daniel Mann (dir.), The Rose Tattoo (1955; film available at the “Spettacolo” library) -- Tennessee Williams, The Rose Tattoo (1950), New Directions, 2010 (available at the Petrocchi library, or any edition)
Daniel Petrie (dir.), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and Bill Duke (dir.), A Raisin in the Sun (1989; online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzfgwxENvLk) -- Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959), S. French, 1988 (available at the Petrocchi Library, or any edition)
David Cronenberg (dir.), M. Butterfly (1993; film available at the “Spettacolo” library) -- David Henry Hwang, M. Butterfly, Dramatists Play Service, 1988 (available at the Petrocchi Library, or any edition)
Dee Rees (dir.), Mudbound (2017; available on Netflix) -- Hillary Jordan, Mudbound (Windmill Books, 2008)
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