Module Description: 

This module examines the birth, developments, and end of Futurism in Italy. The Futurist movement (1909-1944), under the leadership...

Module Description: 

This module examines the birth, developments, and end of Futurism in Italy. The Futurist movement (1909-1944), under the leadership of Marinetti, welcomed the new in its battle against the past and presented the world with a stream of manifestos for change on every subject. The module focuses on literature, the visual arts, photography and music; by looking at a variety of primary sources (manifestos and creative outputs), students are encouraged to reflect upon the notion of avant-garde and issues of canon formation, cultural tradition, and innovation in the arts. A variety of secondary sources help students develop an awareness of the different approaches in scholarship on Futurism. 

 

Aims and Learning Outcomes: 


	gain a critical understanding of Italian Futurism 
	
	
	become familiar with primary and secondary sources on the subject 
	
	
	learn to apply key tools for literary and visual analysis 
	

	develop skills in identifying and using good-quality studies to support a critical analysis of prescribed topics or problems, and in structuring a sustained and original argument 
	
 

Suggested Reading: 

In preparation for the module, we advise reading the following text. This can be found in the UCL Library; in case you cannot access the library and get this title, please contact the module tutor. 


	Guenter Berghaus, “Introduction” (all sections, excluding the last one on “Toward an Avant-Garde Conception of the Performing Arts: Alfred Jarry and Wassily Kandinsky), in Theatre, Performance, and the Historical Avant-Garde (New York-Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan, 2005), pp. 1-45 

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