HONR 492 - Honors Senior Seminar: Cinematic Rome

The overall course objective is to analyze the social, aesthetic, political, and rhetorical implications of cinematic representations of Rome.  This course will evaluate and discuss ten primary films, along with excerpts from a number of others. We will consider how Rome functions as a “character” in the movies, how the Eternal City comprises the mise-en-scène, analyze the rhetorical functions of Italian cinema, including national and international memory construction.  Visits include cinematic landmarks in Rome. Please note: with the exception of some brief excerpts from Un Americano a Roma, all of the films will be shown in English or with English subtitles.

This course meets the All-University Core Curriculum (AUCC) requirements for Social/Behavioral Sciences (Category 3C).