24-3500 Cinema Studies II

Using mostly primary texts, course examines and interrogates some of the basic concepts of contemporary film and video studies. The course focuses on four areas: journalistic criticism, historiography and applied historical writing, film theory and current trends in all the foregoing areas. Students will read original texts and write papers that demonstrate their understanding of them. The assignments will include short responses to the readings, as well as extended papers that analyze and critiques the readings. Student will be encouraged as the course progresses to choose an area of special interest to explore in a term paper or extended application of the material.

3 Credits
Requisites PREREQUISITES: 24-2500 Cinema Studies I