ENGL 273

Spring 2019 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 14-May 1

American Cinema Since 1950

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Credit: 3 hours.

Explores key issues in American cinema from 1950 to the present, structured around central problems of film studies (such as authorship, genre, narratology, film style, gender analysis, and the spectacle of violence), contextualizing them within moments of major transition in the American film industry. Viewing and discussion of a major film each week.

Same as MACS 273. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 273 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39308	Lecture-Discussion	P	1:00PM -2:50PM	MW	Armory	Camargo, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Section Info: This course addresses a range of cinematic developments in the context of major transitions in the American film industry and in society from 1950 to the present. We will examine the dominant styles and ideologies of 1950s Hollywood; the shift away from those during the emergence of the New Hollywood in the late 1960s and mid-1970s with its generic revisions, stylistic eclecticism, and emphasis on formulaic blockbusters; and, finally, the typical Hollywood ways of representing serious social issues such as race and gender. We will discuss the choices that filmmakers have made and how those choices reflect three primary influences: industrial goals, political aims, and conceptions of the relationship between a film and its spectators. With that last element in mind, 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 that invitation. Requirements: regular attendance and active participation in class discussion; careful reading of secondary materials; and short response papers and three medium-length analytic essays.