ENGL 369 - American Culture/American Film

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University of Richmond

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Explores the intersection of American film and culture, with special attention to the dialogue between Hollywood and other institutions, ideologies, and events. Specific topics vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite(s): English 220, 297, or 298 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: The purpose of this course is both to teach students to analyze film within a larger cultural matrix - what do films tell us about American culture what does American culture teach us about film - and to introduce the methodology of cultural studies by way of visual and narrative analysis. The course is structured around a particular filmic genre (melodrama, film noir, horror, etc.) and/or historical moment (the 1940s, the postwar era, the 1980s etc.) which varies from semester to semester. Recent topics have included "Hollywood Melodrama and Popular Feminism, 1937-1990" and "Conspiracy Film from the Cold War and After, 1945-2000." In each semester, the selected films are read alongside relevant contemporaneous material as part of an ongoing conversation between Hollywood films and the culture that produces them. Questions to be considered include: Are Hollywood films mere reflections of the society that produces them or do they play an active role in the evolution of social institutions Can popular film be a force for social change How and what do mainstream movies mean

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.richmond.edu

Phone Number:

(804) 289-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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