LIT/CINE 225 - (D) Monsters, Aliens and Superheros: The Other in French and Italian Cinema

3 cr.

The course explores how the issues of exceptionality, aberration, and deviation from established social and cultural norms are represented in French and Italian Cinema, from the post-war period to the present time. Sample topics include: immigration, disability, marginality, extraordinary lives, and monstrosity in the literal and figurative sense. Taught in English.