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Spring 2016
May 18,2024 |
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| FA 263 - Film in the Fifties |
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Prerequisite: a passing score (C-/P or better) in WR 95 or its equivalent, placement into WR 115 (a score of 76RD and 76WR on the placement test), or instructor permission.
This course introduces students to the 1950s as a complex decade in American history through films from and about the era that epitomize the cultural tensions and darker historical currents that define it, demythologizing the fifties as a golden age of innocence and simplicity. Historical and critical readings supplement the screening of classic films and provide direction for class discussion, exams, and critical essays that help students develop critical skills and cineliteracy. Weekly campus screenings are required, and clips of films are used in class for close analysis of aural and visual elements.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 24.000 Lecture hours 0.000 TO 48.000 Other hours Syllabus Available Levels: Credit Schedule Types: Lec/Lab, Lecture, Lecture plus Lec/Lab Arts & Humanities Division Writing/Literature Department Course Attributes: Tuition, Arts and Letters |
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