Time Schedule:
Yomi Braester
C LIT 272
Seattle Campus
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
