Course Catalog - 2021-2022

     

FWIS 110 - READING INNUENDO

Long Title: READING INNUENDO: REPRESENTING SEXUALITY IN GOLDEN AGE HOLLYWOOD
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: This course focuses on depictions of sexuality in Hollywood films produced under the Hays Code, from its origins to its eventual demise. We will explore not only the place of sexuality in the American cultural imagination, but also what it can teach us about communication and interpretation in general.