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Class number:
2714
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Title: Hollywood Film Directors |
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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: 13 |
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Available seats: 12 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 |
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End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
Schedule:
MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, HL - 123
W: 6:30PM-9:00PM, HL - 123
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Instructor(s): Younger, James |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For majors enrolled before December 2023, this course fulfills the critical reflection requirement. For majors enrolled after January 2024, this course fulfills the post 1800 requirement, the critical reflection requirement, or may be an elective/additional literature or film course. This course also fulfills the UVSJ requirement. Evening meeting time is for film viewing only. |
Course Description:
This course explores and celebrates the work of classic American film directors and constitutes an introduction to the critical methodology of the auteur theory. The directors to be examined are Samuel Fuller, Howard Hawks, and Alfred Hitchcock. After an introduction to various approaches to the auteur, we will use the work of Fuller, Hawks and Hitchcock to explore the history and creative potential of these approaches. Emphasis will be given to contemporary developments that integrate a focus on auteurs with the practices of experimental cinephilia and philosophy. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a 200 level elective. Evening meeting time is for film viewing only. |