LTIT 110 CRISTO SI E’ FERMATO A EBOLI: HISTORY, FILM AND FICTION.

This course, conducted in Italian, will use Rosi’s film Cristo si e’ fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli) as a way to consider the interactive aspects of history, film and fiction toward the construction of a post World War II national identity. During the course of the class we will read the film and novel through a variety of lenses: the Southern Question, national identity, the effects of Fascist ideology. Finally, we will discuss the lasting commentary and effects of the film and novel in today’s socio-political climate.


Week 1 Introduction & Silone “La narrativa e il sottosuolo meridionale”

Week 2 Read Intros to Novel
FILM: CRISTO SI E’ FERMATO A EBOLI and discussion

Week 3 FILM & De Martino “Sud e magia”
Essay 1 due

Week 4 Carlo Levi Cristo si e’ fermato a Eboli
Essay 2 due

Week 5 Carlo Levi Cristo si e’ fermato a Eboli
Essay 3 due

Week 6 Carlo Levi Cristo si e’ fermato a Eboli
Essay 4 due

Week 7 Carlo Levi Cristo si e’ fermato a Eboli

Week 8 Carlo Levi Cristo si e’ fermato a Eboli
Essay 5 due

Week 9 Readings on contemporary Southern Culture
Essay 6 due

Week 10 FILM…final quiz

Grading and requirements:

Six 1 page write-ups/responses in Italian @ 10% = 60%
The class will be broken up into groups for discussion and presentation of
chapters of the novel. Each group will be asked to present some chapters for 20%
of the total grade.
Final quiz = 10%
Attendance and participation = 10%