World Film History to 1945

World Film History to 1945

Format
Online
Subject Area
Course Number
ENGL 1900 910
Course Code
ENGL1900910
Course Key
80872
Day(s)
Monday
Wednesday
Time
12:00pm-3:50pm
12:00pm-3:50pm
Instructor
COPPOLA, JOSEPH M
Fulfills
COL-SECTOR-Arts & Letter
COL-FND-CrossCultural Analysis
Course Description
This course surveys the history of world film from cinema s precursors to 1945. We will develop methods for analyzing film while examining the growth of film as an art, an industry, a technology, and a political instrument. Topics include the emergence of film technology and early film audiences, the rise of narrative film and birth of Hollywood, national film industries and movements, African-American independent film, the emergence of the genre film (the western, film noir, and romantic comedies), ethnographic and documentary film, animated films, censorship, the MPPDA and Hays Code, and the introduction of sound. We will conclude with the transformation of several film industries into propaganda tools during World War II (including the Nazi, Soviet, and US film industries). In addition to contemporary theories that investigate the development of cinema and visual culture during the first half of the 20th century, we will read key texts that contributed to the emergence of film theory. There are no prerequisites. Students are required to attend screenings or watch films on their own.
Crosslistings
ARTH1080910
ENGL1900910
COML1011910
Subject Area Vocab