Film and Media Studies 346 - Seminar: Nostalgia and Media

Nostalgia is one of the most emotionally powerful ways of engaging with the past. It is a feeling of yearning that brings both pleasure and pain: the pleasure of remembering the past fondly, and the pain of the inability to return to it. When thematized thoughtfully in media, nostalgia can surpass its tendencies toward the superficial, self-centered, or reactionary. It can become a complex way of memorializing and deconstructing the receding past and one’s relation to it. This course examines films, television shows, and video games that do this type of psychological and cultural work. Prerequisite: FMS 150. Restrictions: Juniors and seniors only. Enrollment limited to 12. Instructor permission required.

[CE] JR/SR only; Prereq: FMS 150