CRWR 249 Nonfiction Film As Literature

This class will explore nonfiction films in their relationship to nonfiction literature. What does it mean to speak of films as essays or memoirs or autobiographies? What is the relationship between text and image, fact, truth, and composition in films presenting themselves as nonfictional? We will also consider some nonfiction literature that invokes and plays off film. Filmmakers such as Ross McElwee, Spike Lee, Erroll Morris, Chris Marker, Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Jonathan Caouette, and Spalding Gray will be considered.

Repeatable: N
Formerly 59-2850
HL
Prerequisites ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II or ENGL 112H Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors or ENGL 122 International Writing and Rhetoric II
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3