| Prerequisite: FIL 2000, LIT 3213
This course will survey the entire span of American Film from the silent films of D.W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin to Classical Hollywood to Film Noir to the New Hollywood of the 1970s and beyond. The course will examine the emergence of genre films, including melodrama, comedy, western, musical, science fiction, horror, war, and drama. Special attention will be paid to cultural and historical context of American Film. |
