Film Studies

Comparative Literature

English

German

Minor in Film Studies

The minor in film studies requires 15 credit hours in the following courses:

Comparative Literature C190 Introduction to Film (3 cr.) is required.

A minimum of 12 credit hours of course work must be selected from the following courses:

Comparative Literature and Film

C290, C390, C391, C393-C394, C491, C493, C494

English

W260

German

G370, G371

Film Studies Courses

W260 Film Criticism (3 cr.) Viewing and critiquing currently playing films, with emphasis on the quality of production and direction. Contemporary films are viewed; papers serve as a basis for discussion during class. Students will be expected to pay for their movie admissions.

CMLT C290 Survey of Film History (3 cr.)
An overview of film from its beginnings to the present, emphasizing major developments in narrative cinema.

CMLT C390 The Film and Society: Topics (3 cr.) P: C190 or consent of instructor. Film and politics; race and gender; social influences of the cinema; rise of the film industry. May be repeated once with different topic.

CMLT C391 The Film: Theory and Aesthetics (3 cr.) P: C190 or consent of instructor. Film form and techniques; aesthetic and critical theories of the cinema; relationships between film movements and literary and artistic movements; relationships of word and image; analysis of significant motion pictures.

CMLT C392 Genre Study in Film (3 cr.)
P: C190 or consent of instructor. Problems of definition; the evolution of film genres such as criminal or social drama, comedy, the western, science fiction, horror, or documentary film; themes, subject matter, conventions, and iconography peculiar to given genres; relationship of film genres to literary genres. Focus on one specific genre each time the course is offered. May be repeated once with different topic.

CMLT C393-C394 History of European and American Films I-II (3-3 cr.) P: C190 or consent of instructor. C393 is a survey of the development of cinema during the period 1895-1926 (the silent film era); C394 is a survey of European and American cinema since 1927. Particular attention paid to representative work of leading filmmakers, emergence of film movements and development of national trends, growth of film industry, and impact of television.

CMLT C491 Authorship and Cinema (3 cr.)
P: C190 or consent of instructor. Study of the work of one or more film artists. Attention paid to the style, themes, and methods that make the filmmaker's work unique. Filmmakers studied in the contexts of film traditions, ideologies, and industries which informed their work. May be repeated one time with a different topic.

CMLT C493 Film Adaptations of Literature (3 cr.)
P: C190 or consent of instructor. Analysis of the processes and problems involved in turning a literary work (novel, play, or poem) into a screenplay and then into a film. Close study of literary and film techniques and short exercises in adaptation.