A historical survey of film theories and criticism, including formalist and structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer theory. Genre theory and theories of spectator-ship and audience response will also be considered.
Required once per week film screening time to complement
FILM 310.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) This course will allow students to study a particular area of film criticism, history, or theory, or consider a specific national cinema.
Required once per week screening time to complement
FILM 320. S/U graded.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) An introduction to key theories and methods of analysis in genre studies or auteur theory, focusing on a particular genre or a particular director.
Required once per week film screening time to complement
FILM 330.
A hands-on course in advanced visual and aural storytelling through the medium of cinema.