— Emotion Pictures: Film and Television Melodrama

Catalog description

Students are introduced to the genre of melodrama and its development from the silent era through the present day. Students analyze formal and thematic elements, with a focus on political and social-cultural contexts: Screenings include classical Hollywood pictures, soap operas, telenovelas, and films from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prerequisite(s): any FI, HA or MC course.