ENGL 455

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Intensive study of the work of one or two major authors.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours if topics vary. May be repeated for graduate credit if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college literature or consent of instructor.

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ENGL 455 class schedule data for spring 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	32205	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	1G 1G	10:00AM -11:50AM 10:00AM -12:20PM	R T	259 English Building 259 English Building	Hansen, J Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Fincher, Nolan & Age of Crisis Section Info: Topic Section 1G: David Fincher, Christopher Nolan and the Age of Perpetual Crisis Over the last decade, we?ve grown quite accustomed to hearing politicians talk about economic crises, military crises, and even religio-historical crises. We live in an age where the crisis, the state of exception, never really seems to end. By focusing on the films that David Fincher and Christopher Nolan directed between 1995 and 2012?the era of New Media and instant news coverage?this course will examine how the psychology of mass-fear has re-mapped the ideological terrain of contemporary society. Framed to some extent by the horrors provoked by 9/11, Nolan and Fincher produced a series of films that both predicted disaster and responded to the failure of Western economic and military power. Along the way, films such as ?fight Club? and ?The Dark Knight? interrogate some of our deepest psychological concerns about modern masculinity, sadism, masochism, and consumer culture. By examining what?s at stake in the Nolan/Fincher films from this period, we will attempt to engage with the often concealed and genuinely troubling concerns about our society and ourselves that these films have come to embody. The course will meet twice a week in a lab format. Course requirements include two 8 page research papers, 1 in-class presentation, a daily reading journal, and two exams. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
	32202	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	1U 1U	10:00AM -11:50AM 10:00AM -12:20PM	R T	259 English Building 259 English Building	Hansen, J Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Fincher, Nolan & Age of Crisis Section Info: Topic Section 1U: David Fincher, Christopher Nolan and the Age of Perpetual Crisis Over the last decade, we?ve grown quite accustomed to hearing politicians talk about economic crises, military crises, and even religio-historical crises. We live in an age where the crisis, the state of exception, never really seems to end. By focusing on the films that David Fincher and Christopher Nolan directed between 1995 and 2012?the era of New Media and instant news coverage?this course will examine how the psychology of mass-fear has re-mapped the ideological terrain of contemporary society. Framed to some extent by the horrors provoked by 9/11, Nolan and Fincher produced a series of films that both predicted disaster and responded to the failure of Western economic and military power. Along the way, films such as ?fight Club? and ?The Dark Knight? interrogate some of our deepest psychological concerns about modern masculinity, sadism, masochism, and consumer culture. By examining what?s at stake in the Nolan/Fincher films from this period, we will attempt to engage with the often concealed and genuinely troubling concerns about our society and ourselves that these films have come to embody. The course will meet twice a week in a lab format. Course requirements include two 8 page research papers, 1 in-class presentation, a daily reading journal, and two exams. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.