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LITERATURE
LIT-346
Topics in Film (3)
Course Level: Undergraduate
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. Rotating topics include film and literature, national cinema, film genres, major filmmakers, and independent filmmakers. Usually offered every year.
LIT-346
001
LITERATURE
SPRING 2013
Course Level: Undergraduate
Topics in Film (3)
Hollywood in the Seventies
The seventies (defined broadly here as the New Hollywood period of 1967-80) was a transformative decade for Hollywood filmmaking. Following the end of the Hays Code and the break-up of the studio system, American cinema became darker as it began to assimilate the new social movements of the sixties. Meanwhile, new kinds of film narrative and style were being introduced by young, film-schooled directors, and American film was absorbing the new influences of international art cinema. This course looks at some of the major films of the period, as well as considering the transformation of Hollywood genres and the new cultural politics of the seventies.
LIT-346
001
LITERATURE
FALL 2013
Course Level: Undergraduate
Topics in Film (3)
What does it mean to ascribe a nationality to a cultural pro
What does it mean to ascribe a nationality to a cultural product, particularly in a post-national world? This course examines different histories, approaches, and methodologies related to the study of national cinema, tying in aspects of culture, politics, aesthetics, and economics. Throughout the course, Mexican film traditions are used as a case study of how to do this kind of work; in addition, students select a national cinema and develop a term-long research project.