CWL 496

Fall 2008 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Credit: 3 TO 4 hours.

Selected literary topics of international significance in relation to other cultural expressions.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 undergraduate or 12 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

CWL 496 class schedule data for fall 2008
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
10458
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
52047
Lecture-Discussion
G
5:00PM -6:50PM
MW
Armory
Flinn, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Topic: NEW MAP, NEW MEDIA. Meets with FR 443, FR552, CWL 552 and CINE 395. In the past two decades the arts of the moving image have seen major changes both in their possibilities of material form (digital vs. analogue) but in mass delivery systems (CD-ROM, DVD, HD, web-based downloads/streaming video). Simultaneously, the European Union has been come a political and monetary reality and globalization has become a site of anxiety and political unrest in France. Long celebrated for its auteur-centered, "cin�ma d'art et d'essai "(art house and experimental cinema), how has the French film industry, as well as its more independently minded auteurs, responded to these shifts? What are the continuities between the digital moving image from "film" to CD-ROM and webart and how do national traditions seem to play a role in the conception or economics of reception of both films and new media art works? Specific questions and issues considered over the course of the semester include: digital aesthetics, analogue nostalgia, animation, motion capture, the "language" of new media, the interface, virtual realities, relation and form, gallery/street/web/home viewing spaces, the French "cultural exception," television in the film industry, CD-ROM vs internet art.
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