COLT 1410Q - The Cinematic Mediterranean and Its Genealogies

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Brown University

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Explores the key role of the Mediterranean as a filming location, story setting, and overarching cultural metaphor in shaping cinema history. As Western civilization's archetypal "corrupting sea"--the marine theater of mortal danger and temptation--the Mediterranean also defined a number of cinematic genres, forms, and themes. We will review and analyze selected examples, from art films (Les dites caryatides) to multiplex blockbusters (V for Vendetta), and trace their pre-cinematic literary and philosophical genealogies. Not open to first year students.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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