Course details

Name: ENFL - 265

Title: MAJOR FILM DIRECTORS

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2014

Credits: 3

Description:
This course will introduce students to auteur theory as a tool for film analysis, focusing on the works of three émigré directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, and Alfonso Cuarón. We will study characteristic elements--recurring plot structures, character types, themes, and visual/aural style—in films from their native countries, as well as those made in the U.S. and abroad. Films in the course include Strangers on a Train, Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, Y Tu Mamá También and Children of Men.
Requirements:

In-class screenings; active class participation; weekly readings and postings on Blackboard; screenings of DVDs outside of class; a short paper on each director; in-class final.

Schedule: Tuesday From 2:30 pm To 5:15 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Genre Study (Film)
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• International Issues (3a)

Teaching Faculty: Cutler Janet (cutlerj)

Is course canceled: No