Film Aesthetics and History

Overview

Subject area

HIST

Catalog Number

280W

Course Title

Film Aesthetics and History

Department(s)

Description

Examination of film as a medium that has documented, and that has itself been part of some of the major social, cultural, and political transformations of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With an equal emphasis on film analysis and history, the course begins with the birth of the medium in 1895 and its immediate challenge to the dominant Victorian ideology of both Europe and the United States. Later historical topics - all examined through the lens of cinema - include WWI and the Russian Revolution, Germany between the World Wars, the Great Depression, and post-WWII U.S. domestic policy.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Course Attributes

WRIC - WRIC (Writing Intensive)

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

0

Requisites

008285

Course Schedule