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Course Info for WMGS - 345 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 2246 Title: Film Noir Department: Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 4 Available seats: 11
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: T: 6:30PM-9:10PM, SH - S204 Instructor(s): Corber, Robert
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement
Course Description:
This course traces the development of film noir, a distinctive style of Hollywood filmmaking inspired by the hardboiled detective fiction of Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, and Raymond Chandler. It pays particular attention to the genre’s complicated gender and sexual politics. In addition to classic examples of film noir, the course also considers novels by Hammett, Cain, and Chandler.