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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 22274
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Film Studies Major Approved
Film Studies Minor Approved
Film Studies History&Analysis
Writing Intensive
This course explores the genre of noir in both film and literature beginning chronologically in post-World War II America, exploring McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting, as well as women's changing roles during and after the war. This background will provide a basis for the success of film noir with American audiences. Texts used early in the course are often those adapted into film (James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity and Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep). Emphasis in film is placed on the visual techniques used to create the aesthetic of film noir. As filmmakers fled Germany and Austria in the 1930s to work in Hollywood, techniques from German expressionist film helped to visually convey feelings of alienation, obsession, and instability fundamental to the genre (for example, Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, and Otto Preminger’s Laura). The second half of the course will focus on the genre of noir in contemporary literature and film. Cinematic examples may include Devil in a Blue Dress, Memento, Mulholland Drive. Literary texts may include those written by Walter Mosley, Megan Abbott, and S. A. Cosby. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. This is a cross-listed course, with 12 seats in this ENGL 202-W02 section and eight seats in FILM 297-W01. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, 190 or instructor permission.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 21128
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 210
Requirements Met:
Film Studies Major Approved
Film Studies Minor Approved
Writing Intensive
Characters are the heartbeats of our stories. What makes a good character? How do you craft real, complex, and well-developed people that connect with your readers? In this course we will attempt to answer these questions by studying and practicing effective methods of character development in short stories and novels. We will source inspiration from contemporary literature and television series, including BREAKING BAD, SURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, CHEWING GUM, as well as authors like Kazuo Ishiguro and Raven Leilani. Units will be divided to tackle specific aspects of character in fiction writing like protagonists, villains, voice, relationships, conflict, culture, dialogue, etc. This course consists of a blend of literary and film analysis, generative writing exercises, and writing workshops. You will get to develop and refine multiple types of characters, write new stories, and workshop your writing alongside peers. Students can expect to walk away from this course with a greater understanding of how to render memorable characters, as well as enhanced writing and analytical skills. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and a requirement for both English with Creative Writing and Film Studies majors and minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 255 or instructor permission.
4 Credits
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9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 22275
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 211
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Film Studies History&Analysis
Writing Intensive
This course explores the genre of noir in both film and literature beginning chronologically in post-World War II America, exploring McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting, as well as women's changing roles during and after the war. This background will provide a basis for the success of film noir with American audiences. Texts used early in the course are often those adapted into film (James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity and Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep). Emphasis in film is placed on the visual techniques used to create the aesthetic of film noir. As filmmakers fled Germany and Austria in the 1930s to work in Hollywood, techniques from German expressionist film helped to visually convey feelings of alienation, obsession, and instability fundamental to the genre (for example, Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, and Otto Preminger’s Laura). The second half of the course will focus on the genre of noir in contemporary literature and film. Cinematic examples may include Devil in a Blue Dress, Memento, Mulholland Drive. Literary texts may include those written by Walter Mosley, Megan Abbott, and S. A. Cosby. NOTE: This is a cross-listed course, with eight seats in this FILM 297 section and 12 seats in the ENGL 202-W02 section. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, 190 or instructor permission.
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 22508
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Film Studies Major Approved
Film Studies Minor Approved
Holocaust/Genocide Minor Appr
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in Classfinder, View Searchable Class Schedule
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Languages (LNGS)
CRN: 22489
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 207
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Film Studies Major Approved
Film Studies Minor Approved
Holocaust/Genocide Minor Appr
This course explores a variety of narrative, filmic, and (visual) cultural responses, to the Holocaust including literature from different genres, feature and documentary films, memorials, works of art (visual culture), and music. Students will read, analyze, and discuss a selection of diverse works pertaining to the Holocaust from a representative and global perspective of literature, film, and the arts.
4 Credits