ENGL 273
American Cinema Since 1950

Credit:  3 hours.


Explores key issues in American cinema from 1950 to the present, structured around central problems of film studies (such as authorship, genre, narratology, film style, gender analysis, and the spectacle of violence), contextualizing them within moments of major transition in the American film industry. Viewing and discussion of a major film each week. Same as CINE 273. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.