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Class number:
3295
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Title: World Cinema |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 10 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 23, 2026 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, SH - N215 |
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Instructor(s): Younger, James |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
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Note: For English majors, this course fulfills the post-1800, elective, additional literature or film, and UVSJ requirements. For all students, it fulfills the College’s and HUM and GLB requirements. |
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to the study of world cinema, with a focus on cinematic cultures other than those of the USA or Europe. We will begin by considering some of the theoretical questions involved in intercultural spectatorship and introducing/reviewing critical categories we can use to discuss the films. We will then proceed through a series of units based around specific cinematic cultures, focusing on movement, genres and auteurs and on the historical, cultural, and geopolitical issues that the films illuminate. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a 200-level elective. This course can be counted toward fulfillment of requirements for the film studies minor. |