Comparative Literature 170 - Intro/FilmAnalysis:TimeTravel

Fall
2019
01
4.00
Barry Spence
TH 4:00PM 6:45PM
UMass Amherst
25754
Integ. Learning Center S240
bspence@umass.edu
27611
This is an introduction to film studies and to the analysis of film. The course explores the complex nature and cultural function of cinema by focusing on time travel as both a central theme of a wide range of films and as a way of understanding how cinema works as a time-based medium. By studying films from various points in the global history of cinema - including films from nine countries and five continents - this course performs a transcultural introduction to the formal and stylistic aspects of cinematic storytelling. (Gen. Ed. AT)
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.