SPAN 315 - Seminar.Luis Bu uel and the Search for Freedom and Morality

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Wellesley College

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Gascón-Vera NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Students will read the scripts and view the films most representative of alternative possibilities of freedom expressed by Luis Bu uel. The course will focus on the moral issues posed in his films and will start with a review of the historical motiva-tions of the Bu uel perspective: Marxism, Freudianism, and Surrealism, as depicted in selected films of Bu uel, from his first, An Andalu-sian Dog (1928) to his last That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Prerequisite: Open to senior majors or by permission of the instructor. Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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