NeMLA 2016

47th Annual NeMLA Convention

Hartford, CT: March 17-20, 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS

Teaching Italian and Italian-American Film: Tools for Success in the Classroom (Roundtable)

Courses on cinema are quite popular in higher education, as students live media-intensive existences and are increasingly fascinated by visual images. The goal of this roundtable is to discuss different approaches toward teaching Italian and Italian-American film to undergraduate students both in Italian and in English, evaluating thematic approaches and assessment as tools for successful classes. SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15634

Italian and Italian-American Documentary Film (Panel)

Reality can be signified in multiple ways, and the documentary is an art form well suited for representing reality, primarily in its ability “to convey to us the impression of authenticity” (Bill Nichols, Introduction to Documentary, 2001: xiii). Moreover, nowadays documentary film and narrative film are often united to create hybrid products such as the docufiction and the docudrama. This panel seeks to discuss documentary film through analysis of the work of Italian and Italian-American filmmakers, which have produced documentaries, docufictions, or docudramas. SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: https://www.cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S/15636