Topic: The City in Film, Literature and Social Theory

Catalog description

This course offers students an in-depth interdisciplinary survey of urban life as a cross-cultural phenomenon. Students will become familiar with various literary, sociological, and cinemagraphic interpretations of the city as it relates to issues of personal identity and societal development. This course will familiarize students with various methods of analyzing and interpreting the city in society and their own unique place relative to it.