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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2014
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ENGL 374 001 (CRN: 13013)
THEORIES OF CINEMA
Long Title: THEORIES OF CINEMA
Department: English
Instructor: Roof, Judith A.
Meeting: 2:30PM - 3:45PM TR (25-AUG-2014 - 5-DEC-2014)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 28-APR-2024 3:45PM
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
Description: In this course we will study theory of the cinema: what constitutes cinema and distinguishes it from other arts, the cinematic apparatus, issues of auteurism, genre, and aesthetics, and questions of spectatorship. We will deploy both texts of theory and films, including some of the work of Dziga Vertov, Renoir, Eisenstein, Welles, Hitchcock, Deren, Godard, the Coen Brothers, Brakhage, and others.