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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 46675
Online: Some Synchronous | Lecture
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Film Studies History&Analysis
FYE Social Justice
Writing Intensive
This course explores the genre of noir in both film and literature. We will look at “hard-boiled” fiction of the 1930s, German Expressionist film in pre-war Berlin, America during World War II, and blacklisting in Hollywood during the Cold War. Because this course also surveys “neo-noir” literary texts and films, we will at times pull the discussion back into the present, noting how the genre has shifted over time, particularly how female authors such as Megan Abbott, Ruth Ware, Gillian Flynn, and Paula Hawkins currently dominate the noir literary scene. Since this is an interdisciplinary course, we will also examine films and texts in conversation with each other, which means investigating how work transitions or adapts from the page to the screen. Through close reading/viewing, annotating, writing, discussing, and immersing ourselves in the genre of noir we will discover what makes a film or piece of literature irresistibly engaging and resonant. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement.
4 Credits