Syllabus
THE CINEMA OF FEDERICO FELLINI - 30197
Last update 10-10-2013
HU Credits: 2
Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department: School of the Arts
Academic year: 2
Semester: 1st Semester
Teaching Languages: Hebrew
Campus: Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Hava Aldouby
Coordinator Email: hava.aldouby@mail.huji.ac.il
Coordinator Office Hours: Monday, by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Hava Aldouby
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Course/Module description:
The course will engage the oeuvre of one of the greatest cinematic auteurs of the
20th century, and will outline stylistic and thematic developments in his oeuvre.
Course/Module aims:
Students shall be acquainted with contemporary developments in Fellini studies
and in film theory in general.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be
able to:
The students shall be able to analyze a cinematic work, and will widen their
knowledge of film history and theory
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectue + projection of short film
excerpts + discussion
Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1 Introduction: Fellinis early films, style and central themes
Lesson 2 La Strada (1954), and the departure from neo-realism
Lesson 3 La Dolce Vita (1960), Fellini as a modernist film auteur
Lesson 4-5 8 ½ (1963), psychoanalysis and meta-cinema
Lesson 6 Juliet of the Spirits (1965), Fellinis Jungian shadow play
Lesson 7 Toby Dammit (1968) and the death of the author
Lesson 8-9 Fellini Satyricon (1969), and A Directors Notebooks (1969)
Lesson 10 The Clowns (1971), Fellini and the Circus
Lesson 11 Fellini Amarcord (1973), Fellini and Italian fascism
Lesson 12 Ginger and Fred (1985), Fellini as a postmodernist
Lesson 13 Intervista (1988), meta-cinema and politics
Lesson 14 The Voice of the Moon (1990), course conclusion
Required Reading:
רשימת סרטים וקריאת חובה
(" "לה סטראדה: )צפיה2 לשיעור
Millicent Marcus, Fellinis La strada: Transcending Neorealism, in eds. Peter
Bondanella and Christina Degli-Esposti, Perspectives on Federico Fellini, New York:
G.K. Hall, 1993, pp.87-99
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(" "לה דולצה ויטה: )צפיה3 לשיעור
Peter Bondanella, The Cinema of Federico Fellini, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton
University Press, 1992, pp. 132-49
(" "שמונה וחצי: )צפיה4-5 לשיעורים
Peter Bondanella, The Cinema of Federico Fellini. Princeton NJ: Princeton University
Press, 1992, pp. 150-159, 163-178.
:(קריאה נוספת )רשות
John Stubbs, Federico Fellini as Auteur; Seven Aspects of His Films, Carbondale:
Soutehrn Illinois Universiy Press, 2006, pp. 57-64
(" "גולייטה של הרוחות: )צפיה6 לשיעור
John Stubbs, Federico Fellini as Auteur; Seven Aspects of His Films, Carbondale:
Soutehrn Illinois Universiy Press, 2006, pp. 20-36 ("The Style of Excess").
(" "טובי דאמיט: )צפיה7 לשיעור
Frank Burke, "Fellini: Changing the Subject", in eds. Peter Bondanella and Christina
Degli-Esposti, Perspectives on Federico Fellini, New York: G.K. Hall, 1993, pp.
275-292.
(" "פליני סטיריקון: )צפיה8-9 לשיעורים
Frank Burke, Fellinis Films; From Postwar to Postmodern, pp. 167-81
(" "הליצנים: )צפיה10 לשיעור
Helen Stoddart, Subtle Wasted Traces: Fellini and the Circus, in eds. Frank Burke
and Marguerite R. Waller, Federico Fellini; Contemporary Perspectives, Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 2002, pp. 47-64
(Amarcord Fellini " "זכרונות: )צפיה11 לשיעור
:(קריאה )רשות
Peter Bondanella, The Cinema of Federico Fellini. Princeton NJ: Princeton University
Press, 1992, pp. 262-284
( " "אינטרוויסטה," "גינגר ופרד: )צפיה12-13 לשיעורים
Millicent Marcus, Fellinis Ginger and Fred: Postmodern Simulation Meets
Hollywood Romance, in eds. Burke and Waller, Federico Fellini; Contemporary
Perspectives, pp. 169-87
:(קריאה נוספת )רשות
Frank Burke, Federico Fellini: Reality/Representation/ Signification, in eds. Burke
and Waller, Federico Fellini; Contemporary Perspectives, pp. 26-45
(" "קולו של הירח: )צפיה14 לשיעור
:(קריאה )רשות
Millicent Marcus, Filmmaking by the Book. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1993, pp. 225-248s
Additional Reading Material:
General bibliography:
Betti, Liliana. Fellini. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1979
Bondanella, Peter. The Cinema of Federico Fellini. Princeton; Princeton University
Press, 1992
Bondanella, Peter, and Christina Degli Esposti, eds., Perspectives on Federico Fellini.
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New York: G.K. Hall, 1993, pp. 249-59
Burke, Frank. Fellinis Films; From Postwar to Postmodern. New York: Twayne
Publishers, 1996
Burke, Frank, and Marguerite R. Waller, eds. Federico Fellini; Contemporary
Perspectives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002
Fellini, Federico, The Book of Dreams. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 2008
Grazzini, Giovanni, ed., Comments on Film Federico Fellini. Fresno: The Press at
California State University, 1988
Kezich, Tullio, Federico Fellini: His Life and Work. New York: Faber and Faber, 2006
Perugini, Sasa. The Aesthetics of Fellinis Art Seen through its Ties with Popular
Entertainment. PhD dissertation, Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertation Services, 2002
Stubbs, John. Federico Fellini as Auteur; Seven Aspects of His Films. Carbondale:
Southern Illinois University Press, 2006
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Students will be required to watch full-length films before class, and read the
required materials
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