MACS 373

Spring 2015

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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
E
1:00PM -2:50PM
MW
148 Armory
Newcomb, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/15-05/06/15
Section Title:
Haunted Cinema
Section Info:
Topic Section E: Haunted Cinema In this section of ENGL/MACS 373 we will examine narrative films about haunting?featuring ghosts, vampires, demons, and other weird creatures?to explore the many ways in which cinema is itself a ?haunted? cultural form with complex, fascinating, sometimes troubling psychic, emotional, religious, and political meanings. Our examination will range from some of the earliest cinematic haunting narratives to some very recent Hollywood films. We?ll consider these far-reaching questions, among others: How can cinema, that quintessentially 20th-century art form, reveal to us what forces and fears haunt the modern world? In what ways is cinema a ?haunted? form, and the viewer of films both haunter and haunted? How can cinematic narratives of haunting provide us with powerful metaphors of hidden interconnection, even some degree of religious or spiritual experience, in the fragmented, skeptical environment of modernity? How do these narratives allow us to explore anxieties and fantasies involving identity, gender, and sexuality that often seem taboo in our everyday lives? Attendance at weekly screenings, multiple analytical essays, a final exam, and consistent class participation will be required.
56864
Lecture-Discussion
S
2:00PM -3:50PM
TR
59A English Building
Camargo, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/20/15-05/06/15
Section Title:
Film Style and Politics
Section Info:
Topic Section R: Film Style and Politics While the narrative aspects of fiction films (character, plot, setting in time and space; narration, focalization, etc.) remain important sources of pleasure for audiences, films are not novels with pictures. Film is by definition an audiovisual medium and, even if we may not be aware of it, decisions about cinematography, editing, mise-en-scene, and sound affect us. Simply put: How we look at films is determined by how films look. One primary goal of this course, therefore, is to deepen your understanding of the various cinematic tools used in film storytelling and of how film scholars categorize and analyze them. We will discuss the choices that filmmakers have made and how those choices reflect three primary influences: institutional goals, political aims, and conceptions of the relationship between a film and its spectators. A second important goal of this course is to help you to be more aware of ways in which filmmakers invite us to participate in the experience that they have created for us and of what happens to us when we accept or reject that invitation. Evaluated work will include four medium-length papers and a few microthemes. While previous experience in film studies is a plus, it is not a requirement for enrollment in this course.
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