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Class number:
3076
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Title: Cinematic Modernism |
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Department: English |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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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 |
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Current enrollment: 10 |
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Available seats: 9 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
Schedule:
MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM, HL - 121
W: 6:30PM-9:00PM, HL - 121
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Instructor(s): Younger, James |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in English 265 or Film 265. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities Requirement |
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Note: For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written post-1900. |
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Note: For Literature and Film concentrators, this course fulfills the requirement of an advanced course toward the major, and counts as a course in literature and film. This course also fulfills the requirements toward the film studies major. |
Course Description:
The 30-year period from 1950-1980 is often regarded as the golden age of European cinema and World Cinema. Launched by the post-war epiphanies of Italian Neorealism, a new cinematic language, modernism, was forged by movements of young radicals and older directors eager to transcend their past achievements. Embraced by an expanding audience of cinephiles (self-educated film-lovers), modernist cinema became one of the most dynamic and significant phenomena of 20th century culture. This course offers an introduction to this essential area of film history and will situate key directors and movements within the exciting political and cultural contexts of the times. |