Università Roma Tre

The course aims to provide an overview of relevant filmological and mediological issues from an aesthetic, theoretical/methodological and cultural perspective. In particular, historically relevant authors and trends, as well as more recent issues will be considered. The theme of the course is narrative; lessons will focus on narratological issues, on widespread narrativity in contemporary media products and practices, and on more recent storytelling strategies.

1) Byung-Chul Han, "La crisi della narrazione. Informazione, politica e vita quotidiana", Einaudi, Torino 2024 (en. tr. "The Crisis of Narration", Polity, Cambridge 2024);
2) Stefano Calabrese, "Manuale di comunicazione narrativa", Pearson, Milano-Torino 2019 (chapters 1-6, with the exception of pp. 23-30, 169-197 e 259-263),
or the new version: Stefano Calabrese, "La narrazione. Letteratura, storie di vita, visual storytelling", Pearson, Milano-Torino 2024 (chapters 1-5);
3) a text to choose from the following:
Andrea Fontana, "Regimi di verità. Convivere con leggende e fatti alternativi", Codice, Torino 2019;
Andrea Fontana, "Brand storiverso. Universi narrativi per marchi che sono persone e persone che diventano brand", Roi, Macerata-Milano 2023.