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.
This course considers the relationship between literature and film, including the aesthetic and commercial processes of adaptation and media convergence.