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Yomi Braester
C LIT 272
Seattle Campus

Perspectives on Film: Genre

Introduction to study of film genre. Literary, mythic, and historic aspects of film genre. C LIT 270, C LIT 271, C LIT 272 are designed to be taken as a sequence, but may be taken individually.

Class description

How to read a film? What is genre, and how did approaches to genre change with the institutional development of the film industry? How does horror film fit into the definitions of genre?

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Lectures (80 minutes) twice a week, and film screenings (up to 110 minutes) once to twice a week.

Recommended preparation

Attend class meetings and do the readings!

Class assignments and grading

film clip analysis

weekly written responses and three short take-home assignments


The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.
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Last Update by Yomi Braester
Date: 11/11/2003