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Fall 2013
Dec 21,2024 |
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| CNTP 410 - AMERICAN FILM GENRES AND REPRESENTATION OF CLASS, GENDER AND RACE |
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Classic American film genres can be viewed as contemporary social myths through which contradictions are explored and debated. This seminar will examine classical film genres as the gangster film, the crime film, and the melodrama to analyze the ways in which the conventions associated with genre films interact with the representation of class, race and gender. The course will include screenings, readings, and analysis dramatic structure, camera movement and editing, and the social and political context in which the films have been produced.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Contemporary Arts Department Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate |
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