ENGL 373

Spring 2019 All Classes

All Classes

Special Topics in Film Studies

SHOW FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Credit: 3 hours.

Extended investigation of major subjects and issues in cinema and other media; topics vary and typically include studies of author/directors, genres, historical movements, critical approaches, and themes.

Same as MACS 373. May be repeated with permission of English advising office to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: One college-level course in film studies or literature.

My Favorites

My Schedule

Section Status updates every 10 minutes.

ENGL 373 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	54455	Lecture-Discussion	F	4:00PM -5:50PM	TR	148 Armory	Soto Crespo, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Section Title: Documenting America Section Info: Special Topics in Film Studies: Documenting America From hoarders to living wild at the fringes of America, and from unfettered economic ventures to the comic lives of eccentric overachievers, this course examines the language and visual composition of works produced by documentary directors in the United States. We will explore the ways in which documentary filmmaking shapes our image of America in the works of Michael Moore, Errol Morris, Andrew Jarecki and others. Documentary films try to capture a social reality unmediated by fantasy and as such they provide us with a piercing look at who we are. By studying the composition of narrative voice and sequence, the course emphasizes on documentary as a narrative form designed to integrate critical perspectives with social action. This course takes advantage of the many media available for us to expand our appreciation of a multilayered society. Our syllabus includes films, reading assignments, and opportunities to listen to public speakers. Themes for discussion include: war, individualism and society, the state of the economy, health care, mental illness, poverty, world resources, food production, political radicalism, politics, and the environment.
	65129	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:00PM -4:50PM	MW	148 Armory	Camargo, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Section Title: Countercultures in the Movies Section Info: This course will study cinematic representations of alternative ideologies and behaviors, emphasizing practices that were suppressed by established authorities in the United States and Europe from the 1930s to the 1970s. While the organization of the course is chronological, it is not genetic; that is, there is no assertion of causal relationships among the units. We will just be looking at various times and places where commercial cinema and aberrant lifestyles intersected. Postcards from the edge, if you will. In reading these postcards, we will also explore why and how these stories of “outsiders” became integrated into the mainstream of commercial cinema. Unlike independent and experimental films, mainstream commercial films are designed to appeal to broad audiences. As a result, these potentially explosive issues become problems to be solved by filmmakers as much as banners to be waved. Important institutional contexts will include the functions of stars and marketing in relation to the public’s reception of these films, as well as their stylistic innovations, which were a major source of their critical and commercial appeal. Readings will include critical studies of the films and information on the historical and social contexts in which they were produced and received. Evaluated work will include two short papers and four of medium length.