ENG259

What is film? What should films do? And how do films affect, construct, and reflect us and the world we live in? This course will introduce you to a range of theoretical debates in film studies that grapple with such questions. Topics will focus on the medium of film and its recent transformations, methods of close analysis, cinema as a sociocultural and industrial institution, and the role that identity and representation play in the experience and meaning of film. Across such topics, we will examine central theoretical camps such as narrative theory, feminist theory, critical race theory, queer theory, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, diasporic film theory, and ideology critique. Screenings will include works from a variety of historical, national, and generic contexts. HUMN, Offered occasionally.

Humanities (HUMAN)

Odd Years