ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE, FILM AND LITERATURE

Prof. Fabio Girelli-Carasi
LEGENDA      YELLOW HIGHLIGHT: REQUIRED

                      BLUE HIGHLIGHT: STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED

DUE TUE MARCH 3

BLOG  REQUIRED

 READING    FINISH  SON OF ITALY  
 WRITING     TAKE NOTES as usual    USE THIS TEMPLATE
 SCREENING   Open Lecture Feb 27 (from the homepage).

Screen the 3 Lumière Brothers shorts.
Reminder: the TRAIN short is the most terrifying film ever shown to an audience. You can confirm it, by doing a quick google search about its history.

Screen The Birth of a Nation. Do a quick google search about this film, and how influential it was in shaping public opinion and giving impetus to the Jim Crow era (and if you don't know what Jim Crow was, that is a gap you want to fill as soon as possible.)
POST MORTEM Feb 27  I got carried away with the history of monotheism and anti-Semitism. In reality I was planning on discussing more in depth the history of Africans descendents in America, beginning with the first shipment of slaves in 1619, ONE YEAR EARLIER than the arrival of the Mayflower in Plymouth.

If these events are unknown to you, I URGE YOU to become acquainted with them.

The NYTimes, in particular is running a long series of articles in a special section named "The 1619 Project"  (click HERE).

Here is a podcast with an interview with Jazmine Hughes about the origins of the slave trade (and the blessing it received from the Catholic Church) https://www.wnyc.org/story/black-history-reframed-1619-origin-story

REMINDER: in case you didn't know, you can get a free subscription to the NYTimes. I think it is in CunyFirst or in the portal in the "Mall" section, where you can get items either for free or at a discount.

WARNING  NEXT QUIZ   All materials assigned are going to be tested in future quizzes. I am tentatively planning a quiz for the week of MARCH 9 (either Tue or Thu).
I am going to include several question on the "Great Migration" of African Americans. The more you learn about it, the better.