Traveling with Ugo – Regional stereotypes in Ugo Tognazzi’s comedy
About the Course
Traveling with Ugo is a journey through the Italian cinema of the fifties, sixties, and seventies, in the companionship of the actor Ugo Tognazzi. The courseware aims to illustrate stereotypes, masks, and regional interpretations that identified the characters played by the Cremonese actor in his extensive filmography.The journey from north to south includes six stages in different Italian regions: Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Campania, and Sicily.
Remember: This course is a courseware. A courseware is a collection of learning materials (video and documents) related to a specific study topic and produced by experts. You will not find assessments to take within a courseware; after completing all the activities you will not receive an attendance certificate or an open badge.
Arts and Humanities
Training hours6
LevelBeginner
Course ModeSelf Paced
Italiano
Duration6 weeks
TypeOnline
Course StatusSelf Pacement
Course Agenda
Enrollments Start
Course Opens
Course Closes
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:- Identify Italian comedy as a genre and formula
- Recognize the main actors of Italian comedy and their roles
- Identify regional stereotypical characterizations.
- Improve their knowledge of Ugo Tognazzi’s filmography.
- Acquire tools for film analysis and for the interpretation of audiovisual texts.
Background and Requirements
The course is aimed at anyone interested in learning more about the figure of Ugo Tognazzi, one of the leading actors in Italian comedy, and at lovers of Italian cinema in general. Fans of recent Italian history can also benefit from attending. No prerequisites are required for understanding the topics covered.Textbooks
- Mariapia Comand, Commedia all’italiana, Il Castoro, Milano 2010;
- Enrico Giacovelli, C’era una volta la commedia all’italiana, Gremese, Roma 2015;
- Masolino D’Amico, La commedia all’italiana. Il cinema comico in Italia dal 1945 al 1975, La nave di Teseo, Milano 2021
- Gabriele Rigola, Una storia moderna: Ugo Tognazzi. Cinema, cultura e società italiana, Kaplan, Torino 2018
Further bibliography
- Aldo Bernardini, Ugo Tognazzi, Gremese, Roma 1998;
- Francesca Cantore, Andrea Minuz, Italiani all’estero. Prospettive comparate per lo studio della commedia all’italiana, in «La Valle dell’Eden», a. n. 37, 2021, pp. 47-60;
- Remi Fournier Lanzoni, Comedy Italian Style: the Golden Age of Italian Film Comedies, Continuum, New York 2008;
- Alessandro Garavaglia, Tognazzi ’60, Bibliotheka, Roma 2022;
- Jean Gili, La comedie italienne, Henry Veyrier, Parigi 1983;
- Maurizio Grande, Abiti nuziali e biglietti di banca, Bulzoni, Roma 1986;
- Maurizio Grande, La commedia all’italiana, a cura di Orio Caldiron, Bulzoni, Roma 2003;
- Giacomo Manzoli, Da Ercole a Fantozzi. Cinema popolare e società italiana dal boom economico alla neotelevisione (1958-1976), Carocci, Roma 2012;
- Elena Mosconi (a cura di), Io lo conoscevo bene. Viaggio semiserio nei personaggi di Ugo Tognazzi, Cremona produce, Cremona 2015;
- Ignazio Senatore, Ugo Tognazzi, Gremese, Roma 2022;
- Vittorio Spinazzola, Cinema e pubblico. Lo spettacolo filmico in Italia 1945-1965, Bulzoni, Roma 1985
