Discipline delle Arti Visive, della Musica e dello Spettacolo | CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

cod. 4312400004

CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

	4312400004
	DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
	EQF6
	DISCIPLINES OF MUSIC, VISUAL, AND PERFORMING ARTS
	2022/2023

PERCORSO STUDY PATHWAY IN COMMON

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
	AUTUMN SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-STO/04	9	45	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

EXAMS

Exam	Date	Session
APPELLO MAGGIO	29/05/2023 - 15:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO GIUGNO	13/06/2023 - 15:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO LUGLIO	03/07/2023 - 15:30	SESSIONE ORDINARIA
APPELLO SETTEMBRE	04/09/2023 - 15:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
APPELLO DICEMBRE	11/12/2023 - 15:30	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES: THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE STUDENTS WILL ORIENT CRITICALLY IN THE ITALIAN POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT: - WILL KNOW THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS OF ITALY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT - WILL UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL-SOCIAL CORRELATIONS OF ITALIAN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA - WILL UNDERSTAND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF BEHAVIORS, CULTURAL MODELS AND MENTALITY THANKS TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE MASS MEDIA. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THROUGH THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO: - CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE MAIN HISTORICAL SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF THE ITALIAN EVENTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIETY AND THE PHENOMENA RESULTING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA - ELABORATE THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL CORRELATIONS OF BEHAVIORS, CULTURAL MODELS AND MENTALITY. MAKING JUDGMENTS: THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL TOOLS AND CRITICAL SKILLS USEFUL FOR AUTONOMOUSLY EVALUATING METHODOLOGICAL-HISTORICAL ISSUES, SOURCES AND MATERIALS OF HISTORY. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS KNOWLEDGE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS (BOTH TO AN AUDIENCE OF EXPERTS AND TO ONE OF NON-SPECIALISTS), EXPRESSING THEM WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE PROPERTIES AND LEXICAL SKILLS, AND USING THE MOST APPROPRIATE REGISTER FOR EACH CIRCUMSTANCE. LEARNING SKILLS: THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS AND USE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS, TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL SOURCES, TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE USEFUL FOR INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES:
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE STUDENTS WILL ORIENT CRITICALLY IN THE ITALIAN POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT:
- WILL KNOW THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS OF ITALY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
- WILL UNDERSTAND THE HISTORICAL-SOCIAL CORRELATIONS OF ITALIAN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA
- WILL UNDERSTAND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF BEHAVIORS, CULTURAL MODELS AND MENTALITY THANKS TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE MASS MEDIA.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THROUGH THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE MAIN HISTORICAL SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF THE ITALIAN EVENTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
- EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIETY AND THE PHENOMENA RESULTING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA
- ELABORATE THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL CORRELATIONS OF BEHAVIORS, CULTURAL MODELS AND MENTALITY.

MAKING JUDGMENTS:
THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL TOOLS AND CRITICAL SKILLS USEFUL FOR AUTONOMOUSLY EVALUATING METHODOLOGICAL-HISTORICAL ISSUES, SOURCES AND MATERIALS OF HISTORY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HIS KNOWLEDGE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS (BOTH TO AN AUDIENCE OF EXPERTS AND TO ONE OF NON-SPECIALISTS), EXPRESSING THEM WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE PROPERTIES AND LEXICAL SKILLS, AND USING THE MOST APPROPRIATE REGISTER FOR EACH CIRCUMSTANCE.

LEARNING SKILLS:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX TEXTS AND USE BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS, TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL SOURCES, TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE USEFUL FOR INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

	Prerequisites
	KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OF THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, INCLUDING ITS EXTERNAL RELATIONS, IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES.

	Contents
	THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED DURING THE COURSE: - HISTORY AND ITS SOURCES - THE MASS SOCIETY. - THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND FASCISM. ITALY BETWEEN THE TWO WARS - THE SECOND WORLD WAR. VIEWING OF FILM MADE DURING THE WAR - THE POSTWAR PERIOD IN ITALY: THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC FROM APRIL 25 1945 TO JUNE 2 1946 - THE COLD WAR AND THE CULTURAL COLD WAR - RECONSTRUCTION AND SOCIETY THROUGH MUSIC AND CINEMA - THE 1950S. ITALY TOWARDS THE "MIRACOLO ECONOMICO" (ECONOMIC MIRACLE): FILMS AND SONGS - THE REFORMS OF THE 1950S AND POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS - THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND SOCIETY THROUGH CINEMA AND SONGS - THE BIRTH OF TELEVISION AND CAROSELLO; SANREMO AND THE MEDIA COMPANY - THE CENTER-LEFT AND THE REFORMS. A CHANGING AND MOVING SOCIETY - ITALIAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN THE 1960S. AROUND 1968 - FROM PIAZZA FONTANA TO RED AND BLACK TERRORISM. THE YEARS OF LEAD - THE SEVENTIES: CINEMA AND MUSIC. POLITICS AND SOCIETY - THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE RADIOS AND TELEVISIONS. MASS COMMUNICATION AND MENTALITY - TOWARDS THE 1980S: THE SECOND ECONOMIC MIRACLE - THE EIGHTIES: POLITICS AND SOCIETY: SONGS AND TELEVISION - THE CRISIS OF THE PARTIES AND TANGENTOPOLI. END OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC

Contents

THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED DURING THE COURSE:

- HISTORY AND ITS SOURCES
- THE MASS SOCIETY.
- THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND FASCISM. ITALY BETWEEN THE TWO WARS
- THE SECOND WORLD WAR. VIEWING OF FILM MADE DURING THE WAR
- THE POSTWAR PERIOD IN ITALY: THE BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC FROM APRIL 25 1945 TO JUNE 2 1946
- THE COLD WAR AND THE CULTURAL COLD WAR
- RECONSTRUCTION AND SOCIETY THROUGH MUSIC AND CINEMA
- THE 1950S. ITALY TOWARDS THE "MIRACOLO ECONOMICO" (ECONOMIC MIRACLE): FILMS AND SONGS
- THE REFORMS OF THE 1950S AND POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS
- THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND SOCIETY THROUGH CINEMA AND SONGS
- THE BIRTH OF TELEVISION AND CAROSELLO; SANREMO AND THE MEDIA COMPANY
- THE CENTER-LEFT AND THE REFORMS. A CHANGING AND MOVING SOCIETY
- ITALIAN SOCIETY AND POLITICS IN THE 1960S. AROUND 1968
- FROM PIAZZA FONTANA TO RED AND BLACK TERRORISM. THE YEARS OF LEAD
- THE SEVENTIES: CINEMA AND MUSIC. POLITICS AND SOCIETY
- THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE RADIOS AND TELEVISIONS. MASS COMMUNICATION AND MENTALITY
- TOWARDS THE 1980S: THE SECOND ECONOMIC MIRACLE
- THE EIGHTIES: POLITICS AND SOCIETY: SONGS AND TELEVISION
- THE CRISIS OF THE PARTIES AND TANGENTOPOLI. END OF THE FIRST REPUBLIC

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE WILL BE IN FRONTAL LESSONS. ATTENDANCE OF THE LESSONS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

	Verification of learning
	THE ORAL EXAM AIMS TO ASSESS THE STUDENT'S PREPARATION, REGARDING BOTH THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE AND THE METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSIS.

	Texts
	TEXTS TO STUDY: 1) GIOVANNI SABBATUCCI, VITTORIO VIDOTTO, STORIA CONTEMPORANEA. DALLA GRANDE GUERRA A OGGI, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019 (NUOVA EDIZIONE AGGIORNATA). 2) ELIO FRESCANI, ENERGIA, CULTURA E COMUNICAZIONE. STORIA E POLITICA DELL'ENI FRA STAMPA E TELEVISIONE (1955-1976), MILANO-UDINE, MIMESIS 2020. 3) ELIO FRESCANI, IL CANE A SEI ZAMPE SULLO SCHERMO. LA POLITICA CINEMATOGRAFICA DELL'ENI DI ENRICO MATTEI, NAPOLI, LIGUORI 2014.

Texts

TEXTS TO STUDY:
1) GIOVANNI SABBATUCCI, VITTORIO VIDOTTO, STORIA CONTEMPORANEA. DALLA GRANDE GUERRA A OGGI, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2019 (NUOVA EDIZIONE AGGIORNATA).

2) ELIO FRESCANI, ENERGIA, CULTURA E COMUNICAZIONE. STORIA E POLITICA DELL'ENI FRA STAMPA E TELEVISIONE (1955-1976), MILANO-UDINE, MIMESIS 2020.

3) ELIO FRESCANI, IL CANE A SEI ZAMPE SULLO SCHERMO. LA POLITICA CINEMATOGRAFICA DELL'ENI DI ENRICO MATTEI, NAPOLI, LIGUORI 2014.