Studies in Film Genre

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Study of a specific film genre, such as the western, science fiction, the melodrama, the horror film or the musical, or, in some semesters, a selection of genres; films are screened and analyzed along with readings that explore characteristics of the genre or genres in question and its/their cultural importance. Depending on the semester, specific foci or methodologies may be applied in an extended way to a given genre or samplings of genres, such as: science fiction films and reception studies, the western and historical consciousness, the musical and cinematic authorship, the horror film and theories of gender and sexuality, or action films and materialist analyses of culture. May be taken two times for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 251/FILM 251 , FILM 251/ENGL 251 , or FILM 299 , or approval of instructor.