Course Catalog - 2003-2004

     

ENGL 286 - CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY FILM

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Department: English
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY FILM THEORY ***** 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. Also offered as HART 286. ***** INSTRUCTOR: Dove, Charles