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Undergraduate Course: Between Literature and Film: the cinema of Luchino Visconti (LLLG07063)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will examine the films of Italian film, theatre and opera director Luchino Visconti and specifically, his engagement with a wide variety of literary works (from authors such as James M. Cain to Giovanni Verga to Albert Camus to Thomas Mann). The unparalleled cultural richness of Visconti's oeuvre, its links not only with literature but with music, theatre and opera make it an ideal inter-disciplinary subject for study.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Understand the development of an individual filmmaker over a career spanning more than three decades.
- Explain how, through both image and sound, Visconti transferred literary works from page to screen.
- Describe how Visconti made use of literary sources and why certain works were of importance during particular periods.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Martine Pierquin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1182
Email: m.pierquin@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Marie Craft
Tel: (0131 6)50 3943
Email: marie.craft@ed.ac.uk
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