Final papers are due on November 18th. We will meet at 9AM in room 103C to socialize your papers among your classmates. See you there.
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Final papers are due on November 18th. We will meet at 9AM in room 103C to socialize your papers among your classmates. See you there.
For November 4th please read two essays James & Mendelssohn’s book, The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. – Mark Bould, Film and Television. (pg. 79-96) – Gwyneth Jones, The Icons of Science Fiction. (pg. 163-174) You must read both articles before next class. Along with the readings assigned for November 4th, you need to write […]
Please read Old is New (chapter 5) of James Naremore´s More Than Night. Also, the following movies are available at the library: Laura Out of the Past Touch of Evil (Sed del mal) Please chose one of the films mentioned above and write a brief comparison between Double Indemnity and the film you chose to […]
Please read: Chapter 4 – Steve Neale, Hollywood and Genre. – Film Noir (pg. 151-179) & Chapter 4 – James Naremore, More Than Night. – Low is High (137 – 166) Please write a series of 5 questions for each text. ON A SEPARATE piece of paper, please write the answers to each question. The […]
Exam. Bring readings and notes to class. See you at 9AM.
Conclusions & appendix to Rick Altman’s, Film / Genre. Please read the appendix first (pg 216-225) and then the conclusions (pg 207-215). Write down the definitions for semantic, syntactic and pragmatic approaches to film genre and bring your notes to class. You can find the readings in the ftp under the Semantic-syntactic folder.
Semana 7 (Septiembre 9) Segunda presentación de trabajos de investigación: Exploitation (Christian & Enrique) Semana 8 (Septiembre 16) Primer examen parcial Semana 10 (Septiembre 30) Tercera presentación de trabajos de investigación: Gangster (Alejandro, Ruben) Semana 11 (Octubre 7) Cuarta presentación de trabajos de investigación: Action: (Carlos Arturo & Aura) Semana 13 (Octubre 21) Segundo Parcial […]
Please read: Robert Warshow´s, Movie Chronicle: The Westerner (pg 654-667) Write a text in which you discuss the characteristics of “the westerner” described by Warshow and the traits you found in the movie we watched in class: Stagecoach. Also, please read: “The western: or the American film par excellence” and “The evolution of the western”, […]
Chapter 3 from Rick Altman´s, Film / Genre. – The Western (pg 34-38) Steve Neale´s, Genre and Hollywood: Westerns (pg 133-142) For each text, please write a set of three questions, with the corresponding answers. Readings can be found here: ftp://ftp.icesi.edu.co/mlcuellar/, in the subfolder called “semama 4”
Read: Richard Dyer’s essay in Steven Cohan’s, Hollywood Musicals, The Film Reader: – Richard Dyer, Entertainment and Utopia. (pg 17-30) Abstract from the second chapter of Steve Neale’s, Genre and Hollywood: Musicals (pg. 104-112) Watch Lars Von Trier’s, Dancer in the Dark, 2000 1. Write a small piece on the movie we watched in class […]