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Academic Year 2000/2001

Classical Film Theory
FILM 340 FA

This class will roughly encompass attempts by critics and filmmakers to come to terms with cinema as an art form during the first half of the 20th century. These authors asked fundamental questions about the nature of film, questions that should be of interest to any student of film: defining film's essential properties, affect on spectators, artistic uses of the medium, et al. Theorists include Arnheim, Bazin, Kuleshov, Dziga Vertov, Eisenstein and Burch.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA FILM    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Higgins,Scott P.   

Times: .M.W... 01:00PM-04:00PM;     Location: AWKS010

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 24)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Permission:    Permission of Instructor Required

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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