ENG 363 - Hollywood U: Read & Write Film

Institution:

Elmhurst University

Subject:

English Courses

Description:

This course explores the theme of academic life in the movies as a way to learn how to "read" films--how to critically interpret them from an academic perspective. Course topics include cinematic techniques, various interpretive frameworks (cultural and theoretical), and film writing (film analysis, movie reviews and argumentative, critical essays). Readings include an introductory film textbook; a rhetoric; two dramas, Educating Rita and Oleanna; and some brief critical and theoretical handouts. Through class discussions, writing workshops, and film screenings, students will become more sophisticated readers of cinema by exploring the rhetorical impact of film, as well as the writing that surrounds it. This writing-intensive course will enable you to support your interpretations, synthesize your primary and secondary research, and develop a critical voice. The prerequisite for this course is English 201- Composition III.

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1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.elmhurst.edu

Phone Number:

(630) 617-3500

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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