The course "Forms and Styles of journalistic writing" aims to provide a critical understanding of the most common forms and styles of journalistic writing, such as investigation, reportage, documentary, literary description, cross-media storytelling. The course aims to provide: 1) a thorough knowledge of the most common forms of journalistic writing 2) analysis of some of the most known journalistic texts dedicated to the importance of the style of writing 3) a case study on the relationship between form and style of journalistic writing and the representation of reality.
The aim of the course is for the students to acquire a general idea of the forms of journalistic writing and to understand the importance of style as a cognitive category.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to analyse the importance of the plurality of forms and styles of writing in describing reality.
The aim of the course is for the students to acquire a general idea of the forms of journalistic writing and to understand the importance of style as a cognitive category.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to analyse the importance of the plurality of forms and styles of writing in describing reality.
teacher profile teaching materials
The course is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction: we will scrutiny some forms of journalistic representation of the society (such as investigation, reportage, documentary, literary description, cross-media narrative) with particular attention to the analysis of the style of writing. The second part is a case study: it will be focused on the representation of the war by some Italian writers / journalists of the late twentieth century. In particular, Goffredo Parise, Luca Rastello and Alessandro Leogrande.
G.Parise, Guerre politiche. Vietnam, Biafra, Laos, Cile (1976), Adelphi, Milano 2007
L.Rastello, La guerra in casa, Einaudi, Torino 1998
A.Leogrande, La frontiera, Feltrinelli, Milano 2015
Mutuazione: 20710613 Forme e stili della scrittura giornalistica - LM in Informazione, editoria, giornalismo LM-19 BALICCO DANIELE
Programme
The war between literature and journalism.The course is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction: we will scrutiny some forms of journalistic representation of the society (such as investigation, reportage, documentary, literary description, cross-media narrative) with particular attention to the analysis of the style of writing. The second part is a case study: it will be focused on the representation of the war by some Italian writers / journalists of the late twentieth century. In particular, Goffredo Parise, Luca Rastello and Alessandro Leogrande.
Core Documentation
O. Bergamini, Specchi di guerra. Giornalismo e conflitti armati da Napoleone ad oggi, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2009.G.Parise, Guerre politiche. Vietnam, Biafra, Laos, Cile (1976), Adelphi, Milano 2007
L.Rastello, La guerra in casa, Einaudi, Torino 1998
A.Leogrande, La frontiera, Feltrinelli, Milano 2015
Type of delivery of the course
LecturesType of evaluation
Written Text