Syllabus

Syllabus

Connections

WEEK 1 9/12 ASSIGNMENT		INTRODUCTION Overview : Why Film as Literature? Clips: Cabinet of Dr. Caligari;
WEEK 2 9/19 ASSIGNMENTS		MISE-EN-SCENE North by Northwest READING: Chs. 1, 2, pp. 11-112
WEEK 3 9/26 ASSIGNMENT		CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD FILM/NARRATIVE : Oxbow Incident READING: Ch. 6 Aspects of the Fictional Film pp. 247-289 Response paper 1 due
WEEK 4 10/3 ASSIGNMENT		PHOTOGRAPHY/EDITING Feature: Godfather READING: Ch. 3 Editing
WEEK 5 10/10 ASSIGNMENT		Feature : Godfather READING: Ch. 7 Types of Fictional Films WRITING: Response Paper 2 due on Oxbow Incident or North by Northwest (but only if the first paper was NOT on North by Northwest)
WEEK 6 10/17 ASSIGNMENT		Homage/References The Freshman Ch. 5 Sources for the fictional Film
WEEK 7 10/24 ASSIGNMENT		Film Styles : Unfaithfully Yours READING: Reading: Ch. 9 Understanding Films Through Contexts
WEEK 8 10/31 ASSIGNMENT		Midterm Response paper 3 In class:
WEEK 9 11/7 ASSIGNMENT		Social Commentary The Player: Ch.. 10: Thinking about films FINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT
WEEK 10 11/14 ASSIGNMENT		NATIONALISMS AND CULTURES ITALIAN NEO-REALISM : Bicycle Thief Response paper 4 due Review Appendix on p.521: Sample Film Analysis (the player) as model for your last paper.
WEEK 11 11/21 ASSIGNMENT		CHANGE: Class cancelled ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN WRITING FOR NEXT WEEK
WEEK 12 11/28 ASSIGNMENT		Life is Beautiful
WEEK 13 12/5		READ a few points of view for "Life is Beautiful" Discussion. 1. from Jewish Social Studies Website. 2. From World Socialist Website 3. Complaining about an unreliable narrator (maybe) American Grafitti
WEEK 14 12/12 ASSIGNMENT		FINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT WRITING: PAPER DUE The Graduate
WEEK 15 12/19 ASSIGNMENT		FINAL EXAM