MACS 373

Spring 2014

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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as ENGL 373. See ENGL 373.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
58622
Lecture-Discussion
S
2:00PM -3:50PM
TR
148 Armory
Basu, A
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Section Title:
Bollywood Cinema
Section Info:
Topic Section S: Bollywood Cinema In this section of ENGL/MACS 373 we will undertake a critical and historical study of the international media phenomenon known as 'Bollywood'. We will see exciting, colorful films and also understand how these texts can be connected to the history, political transformations, and national and regional aspirations in South Asia. We shall critically take a look into matters of form (how exactly are popular Hindi films different from or similar to Hollywood or Japanese films?) and how these narratives respond to shifting realities of post-colonial nation-building, tradition, mythology, modernity, globalization, the country/city divide, and the information revolution. We will analyse how popular Hindi cinema has, over the decades, developed highly elastic and flexible formal devices that can combine epic imaginations drawn from the Ramayana or the Mahabharata with manifold matters of the modern world like space aliens, technology, terrorism, pop culture, American superhero genres, world cinema/world music conventions, and a host of other things. On a broader level, we will attempt to grasp the workings of a major filmic tradition that is culturally different for many of us, but is also, in terms of sheer number of products and population reach, the largest entertainment industry in the world. Students will be required to participate in a group project and write short response papers and two longer mid-term and final-term papers. There will also be a final examination.
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