Classes

VES 270: Proseminar in Film and Visual Studies: History

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2018

 

Description

Considers film history and the relations between film and history as well as pertinent theoretical approaches to historiography. Critical readings of exemplary film historical studies and careful scrutiny of films both in and as history.

Course Notes

Required of all Film and Visual Studies graduate students, as well as graduate students intending to declare a secondary field in Film and Visual Studies.

Class Notes

This course has mandatory weekly film screenings on Tuesdays from 1 to 3 pm.

VES 193: Fortunes of a Genre: The Western

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017

 

Description

Studies American westerns through appreciation of genre theory and history with emphasis on French reception. Includes films of Boetticher, Dwan, De Toth, Ford, Fuller, Hawks, Hellman, Lang, Mann, Ray, Vidor, Walsh, et al.

Course Notes

This course has an additional weekly film screening, Tu., 7 pm-9 pm.

FRENCH 121: The Text of the Renaissance

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2017

 

Description

Studies writing of the Renaissance in cultural and political context; includes readings of Rhétoriqueurs, Marot, Rabelais, arts poétiques, Ronsard, Pléiade and Baroque poetry, d`Aubigné, and essays by Montaigne.

Course Notes 

Conducted in French. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the Core area requirement for Literature and Arts C.