Italian 470—Topics in Italian Cinema

The Peplum

Spring

2015

date

film

reading

work

1/20

1/22

introduction

A Peplum Century (in class)


Barker 1-22

3/3

3/5


3/10

3/12


3/17

3/19


3/24

3/26


3/31

4/2


4/7

4/9


4/14

4/16


4/21

4/23


4/28

4/30


5/5


5/12



1/27

1/29


2/3

2/5


2/10

2/12


2/17

2/19


2/24

2/26


skin

muscles

viscera

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)


300

300


Conquest

—no class—


Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand


Conclusions



Barker 23-68

(Gunning)


Günsberg

(Esposito)


Dyer

(Esposito)


Shahabudin

(Esposito)


Mulvey

(Edelman)

Barker 69-119


Hark

(Locks)


Wyke

(Rushing)



Tasker

(Williams)


Barker 120-162


Fradley, Chemers

(La Capra)


Neale

(Freud)


Simmons

(Lowe)






(presentation)


(presentation)


(presentation)


topic and biblio



(presentation)


(presentation)





final paper

The reading materials and assignments in (parentheses) are for graduate students.


Graduate students need to sign up for one of the presentation slots:

   presentation 1: Esposito, Immunitas: 2/19 (Federica)

   presentation 2: Edelman, "The Birds," 2/26 (Peter)

   presentation 3: Locks, "Bodybuilder as Body-Garde": 3/12

   presentation 4: Williams, "Body Genres": 4/2 (Huihui)

   presentation 5: La Capra, "Trauma, Absence, Loss": 4/16


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