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COMM 341 - TV NOIR AND AMERICAN CULTURE
(FORMERLY COMM 390 TOPICS: TV NOIR) If you have completed Topics: TV Noir, you may not enroll in COMM 341. Film noir traditionally refers to a group of movies produced in Hollywood during and after World War II, unified by their visual and thematic representations of a dark, unstable universe rife with brutality and despair. The term was first used with respect to Hollywood movies by French critics in 1946, who were suddenly exposed to a wave of American movies following the embargo that existed during the war, and who were positing a new trend in American filmmaking. This courrse begins with an examination of the roots and characteristics of film noir, but focuses on the evolution of the noir ethos as it applies to television, from the earliest days of the medium up to the present. Television programming was essentially born during the height of the classic film noir cycle, and shared many of the same thematic and narrative preoccupations during these days. As the medium evolved the television noir ethos has mutated to accommodate and reflect political, social, and cultural developments, as well as changes within the industry itself. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Communications Department Course Attributes: CA-School Core as of 2014 fall, OLD GE-TOPICS ARTS&HUMANATIES, WRITING INTENSIVE Prerequisites: FOR COMM 341 General Requirements: ( Course or Test: AIID 201 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) and ( Course or Test: COMM 229 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 223 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 216 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 213 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 208 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: COMM 220 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. )

COMM 341 - TV NOIR AND AMERICAN CULTURE

(FORMERLY COMM 390 TOPICS: TV NOIR) If you have completed Topics: TV Noir, you may not enroll in COMM 341. Film noir traditionally refers to a group of movies produced in Hollywood during and after World War II, unified by their visual and thematic representations of a dark, unstable universe rife with brutality and despair. The term was first used with respect to Hollywood movies by French critics in 1946, who were suddenly exposed to a wave of American movies following the embargo that existed during the war, and who were positing a new trend in American filmmaking. This courrse begins with an examination of the roots and characteristics of film noir, but focuses on the evolution of the noir ethos as it applies to television, from the earliest days of the medium up to the present. Television programming was essentially born during the height of the classic film noir cycle, and shared many of the same thematic and narrative preoccupations during these days. As the medium evolved the television noir ethos has mutated to accommodate and reflect political, social, and cultural developments, as well as changes within the industry itself.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture

Communications Department

Course Attributes:
CA-School Core as of 2014 fall, OLD GE-TOPICS ARTS&HUMANATIES, WRITING INTENSIVE

Prerequisites:
FOR COMM 341

General Requirements:
( Course or Test: AIID 201
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
and
( Course or Test: COMM 229
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
or
( Course or Test: COMM 223
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
or
( Course or Test: COMM 216
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
or
( Course or Test: COMM 213
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
or
( Course or Test: COMM 208
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
or
( Course or Test: COMM 220
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )

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