Film & Media Studies 210 - Coming to Terms: Cinema

(Offered as ENGL 280 and FAMS 210.)  An introduction to cinema studies through consideration of a few critical and descriptive terms, together with a selection of various films (classic and contemporary, foreign and American) for illustration and discussion.  The terms for discussion will include, among others:  cinematic verisimilitude, spectatorship and affect, sound, narrative, and the avant-garde.  Three class meetings and one screening per week.

Limited to 35 students.  Spring semester.  Visiting Professor Brennan.