Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY FILM THEORY

Department: Art History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course introduces the student to approaches to understanding and interpreting film as film. It traces the attempts to grasp the new medium in theoretical terms from its origins to the present day. Topics include: montage, mise-en-scene, the gaze, history, psychoanalysis, and feminism. Cross-list: ENGL 286.