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Courses
Courses
| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2022 |
| Registration ID | HARTB299001 |
| Course Title | History of Narrative Cinema |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | History of Art |
| Instructor | King,Homay |
| Time and Days | TTh 12:55pm-02:15pm M 07:10pm-10:00pm |
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2220 This course surveys the history of narrative film from 1945 through contemporary cinema. We will analyze a chronological series of styles and national cinemas, including Classical Hollywood, Italian Neorealism, the French New Wave, and other post-war movements and genres. Viewings of canonical films will be supplemented by more recent examples of global cinema. While historical in approach, this course emphasizes the theory and criticism of the sound film, and we will consider various methodological approaches to the aesthetic, socio-political, and psychological dimensions of cinema. Readings will provide historical context, and will introduce students to key concepts in film studies such as realism, formalism, spectatorship, the auteur theory, and genre studies. Fulfills the history requirement or the introductory course requirement for the Film Studies minor. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI), Inquiry into the Past (IP); Haverford: Humanities (HU) ( ) Enrollment Cap: 30; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Preference given to declared Film Studies minors and HART majors/minors |
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