50-2314HN Power and Freedom on Screen: Honors

Americans cherish individual freedom, while remaining suspicious of power. Yet individual freedom and choice are always exercised within contexts and conditions that are not only unchosen but also saturated with power. This course explores individuals negotiations with power and the unchosen through a series of films paired with theoretical readings. Films will include Into the Wild, Mystic River, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Wendy and Lucy, while theoretical authors will include Mill, Marx, Foucault, and Butler. This is an Honors course and students need special permissions (GPA of 3.50 or higher) to register.

3 Credits
SS
PREREQUISITES: 52-1122 International Writing and Rhetoric II or 52-1152 Writing and Rhetoric II
Requirements 3.5 or Higher GPA