Cinema and Comparative Literature

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Cinema and Comparative Literature Courses

048:001 Introduction to Film Analysis	3 s.h.
Formal analysis of film; narrative cinema and approaches to narrative structure; authorship and genre issues, other major topics.

048:002 Survey of Film	3 s.h.
Film history, theory, criticism; issues of form, technologies, and cultural functions of cinema; screenings of narrative, documentary, experimental films from varied periods and nations. GE: humanities.

048:010 Contemporary Cinema	3 s.h.
Current cinema; key genres, movements, filmmakers, technological changes; recent cultural contexts, industrial and economic factors, changes in the film viewing experience. GE: humanities.

048:011 Films and Screenplays	3 s.h.
Films and their origins in original screenplays or adaptations; the screenplay as a distinct form of creative writing. Same as 008:011.

048:012 Film and Society	3 s.h.
Relationships between cinema and society in historical and contemporary contexts; censorship, social issues, cinematic treatment of minorities and social groups.

048:020 U.S. Film	3 s.h.
American film industry; social and artistic perspectives.

048:021 Introduction to European Film	3 s.h.
Major works, movements, and recent developments in European cinema; German Expressionism, Soviet montage, Italian Neorealism, French New Wave; social, cultural, political contexts. GE: humanities.

048:022 World Film	3 s.h.
Filmmaking and film culture outside the United States; key works from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America; social, cultural, political contexts.

048:023 Documentary Film	3 s.h.
Key works and movements in international nonfiction film, from early cinema to present; formal, historical, philosophical issues in documentary practices.

048:024 Introduction to Latin American Film	3 s.h.
Introduction to filmmaking and films in Latin America through an overview, emphasis on one or more Latin American countries, or a specific theme in Latin American cinema.

048:025 Introduction to Critical Reading and Viewing	3 s.h.
Critical approaches to literature and audiovisual media (film, video, interactive multimedia); selected texts, scholarly and critical responses to them. Prerequisite: completion of rhetoric requirement.

048:026 Introduction to Asian Film	3 s.h.
Introduction to filmmaking and films in Asia through an overview, emphasis on one or more Asian countries, or a specific theme in Asian cinema.

048:029 First-Year Seminar	1-2 s.h.
Small discussion class taught by a faculty member; topics chosen by instructor; may include outside activities (e.g., films, lectures, performances, readings, visits to research facilities, field trips). Prerequisite: first- or second-semester standing.

048:030 Introduction to Film Theory	3 s.h.
Classical film theory--formalist and realist theories, authorship, genre; contemporary film theory--semiotics, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, postmodernism, queer theory.

048:034 Modes of Film and Video Production	4 s.h.
Introduction to nonfiction, fiction, and experimental modes of film and video production; video exercises and nonlinear editing.

048:040 Major Texts in World Literature I	3 s.h.
Reading, analysis of major literary texts from writing's origins to 1600 in the Mediterranean, Asia, Africa; interrelationship of literature, history. GE: humanities. Same as 008:040.

048:041 Major Texts of World Literature II	3 s.h.
Reading and analysis of major literary texts from Neoclassicism to 20th century, in chronological sequence; emphasis on interrelationship of literature and history. GE: humanities. Prerequisite: completion of rhetoric requirement. Same as 008:041.

048:051 Film Criticism	3 s.h.
Evaluation and analysis of film, from journalistic reviews to academic scholarship; principles and theoretical positions.

048:052 Gender and Film	3 s.h.
Representations of femininity, masculinity, sexual identity, how they relate to society, culture; examples from feminist, psychoanalytic, queer theory.

048:053 Introduction to Film Sound	3 s.h.
Sound as an acoustic, technological, aesthetic, and historical issue; functions of voice, music, sound effects.

048:064 Film/Video Production: Alternative Forms	3 s.h.
Hands-on workshops in video blogs, cameraless filmmaking, activist video, or similar content. Prerequisites: 048:034 and consent of instructor.

048:065 Film Production: Material of 16mm Film	3 s.h.
Basic 16mm motion picture camera, editing, and sound techniques; individual and group exercises. Prerequisite: 048:034.

048:066 Video Production: Nonfiction	3 s.h.
Single-camera shooting on location, with emphasis on editing; group exercises oriented to nonfiction forms. Prerequisite: 048:034.

048:067 Screenwriting: Long Form	3 s.h.
Visualization, sequencing, dialog; preparation of treatment, screenplay for fiction film; script problems. Prerequisite: 048:034.

048:068 Video Production: Fiction	3 s.h.
Development of fiction video making technique through group projects in the studio and on location, and nonlinear editing. Prerequisite: 048:034.

048:070 Styles and Genres	3 s.h.
Major film types (musicals, science fiction, westerns, film noir) and their cultural significance.

048:071 Film Authors	3 s.h.
A major director or comparison of directors; director's role in industrial and collaborative contexts, relations between biography and criticism, function of individual styles.

048:079 Undergraduate Translation Workshop	3 s.h.
Translation exercises, discussion of translation works in progress; alternative strategies for translation projects. Prerequisite: working knowledge of a language other than English. Same as 08W:079.

048:081 Film and Literature	3 s.h.
Relationships among films, novels, plays, adaptations; shared and distinct formal elements of cinematic and literary texts, their cultural functions. Same as 008:081.

048:091 Internship	arr.
Opportunity to apply skills; faculty supervision, on or off campus. Prerequisites: cinema and comparative literature major and consent of instructor.

048:095 Undergraduate Seminar	3 s.h.
Focus on a significant text or critical problem. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and cinema and comparative literature major, or consent of instructor.

048:098 Honors Tutorial	arr.

048:099 Individual Study	arr.

048:100 Introduction to Criticism and Theory	3 s.h.
Critical approaches to the phenomenon of literature. Prerequisite: junior standing.

048:103 Topics in Contemporary Film	3 s.h.
Specific issues or periods in contemporary film.

048:104 Topics in European Film	3 s.h.
Specific issues or periods in European film.

048:105 French Cinema	3-4 s.h.
Issues or periods in French cinema. GE: foreign civilization and culture. Same as 009:147.

048:106 Topics in Asian Cinema	3 s.h.
Issues or topics in East or South Asian cinemas. Same as 008:127, 039:145.

048:108 History of Documentary Film	3 s.h.
A period, type, or concern of nonfiction filmmaking. Prerequisite: 048:001.

048:109 European Literature of the Nineteenth Century	3 s.h.
International and national perspectives on literary movements, works, authors before 1900. Same as 008:131.

048:110 Comparative Arts	3 s.h.
Cultural and aesthetic issues arising from side-by-side investigation of several art forms, including literature, cinema, painting, music, opera, architecture; periods, schools, styles, and their theories. Same as 033:110.

048:112 Proseminar in Cinema and Culture	1-2 s.h.
A national cinema or topic in international film.

048:113 Film and Video Production: Drama	3 s.h.
Individual and group dramatic video projects; location and studio shooting, nonlinear editing. Prerequisite: 048:065 or 048:066.

048:117 Topics in National Cinema	3 s.h.
Cinema's intersection with the nation; questions of representation, culture, and identity in the national, subnational, and/or transnational context. Prerequisite: 048:001 or 048:002.

048:118 Topics in World Cinemas	3 s.h.
Issues in international film history and film theory.

048:119 Topics in Film Sound	3 s.h.
Issues in history and theory of film sound.

048:120 Issues in Film Theory	3 s.h.
Key theorists, approaches, topics in film theory.

048:121 Film and Video Production: Selected Topics	3 s.h.
Student productions focusing on a particular genre, issue, or process; 16mm, video, or audio, such as experimental film or video, collaborative projects, nonfiction, narrative, and so forth. Prerequisite: 048:065 or 048:066.

048:123 Film and Video Production: Image Design	3 s.h.
Strategies, techniques, and technologies used in moving image production; emphasis on generic lighting practices, composition; short projects using film, videotape. Prerequisite: 048:065 or 048:066.

048:124 Film Production: Advanced 16mm Film	4 s.h.
Processes and approaches to the short film; students produce a seven-minute, sync-sound project, including film shooting and digital editing. Prerequisites: 048:065, and 048:066 or 048:067.

048:125 Screenwriting: Short Form	3 s.h.
Exercises and projects in writing, developing, and workshopping screenplays for short film or video; budgeting, location scouting, other preproduction activities. Prerequisite: 048:065 or 048:066.

048:126 Cult Films of the Last Soviet Generation	3 s.h.
Favorite films of pre-Perestroika generations; the "period of stagnation" in post-Perestroika textbooks. Same as 041:126.

048:127 Topics in British and Irish Film	3 s.h.
Issues in history and critical analysis of British and/or Irish cinemas. Same as 008:124.

048:128 Racial Narrative and American Performance	3 s.h.
Same as 010:128, 129:128.

048:129 African American Cinema and Culture	3 s.h.
African American contribution to U.S. cinema in context of African American and American culture. Same as 045:129.

048:130 Digital Production: Animation	3 s.h.
Intermediate 3-D modeling, motion graphics; student projects culminating in CDR or video presentation. Prerequisite: 048:034.

048:131 Film/Video/Audio Production: Sound Design	3 s.h.
Concepts and techniques in sound design for film and video; exercises, projects in sound/image relationships using location recording equipment and digital audio workstation for editing, mixing. Prerequisite: 048:065 or 048:066.

048:132 Video Production: Advanced Video	3 s.h.
Independent short video projects to enhance conceptualization, fiction and nonfiction storytelling skills, camera and editing techniques. Prerequisite: 048:066 or 048:068.

048:133 Film and Video Production: Editing	3 s.h.
Editing digital video for impact, mood, and story; hands-on exercises, screenings, readings, and workshops using Avid and Final Cut Pro editing software. Prerequisite: 048:065 or 048:066 or 048:068.

048:134 Theory and Practice of Film/Video Production	1-3 s.h.
Focus on a type of film (documentary, animation, experimental) or an issue in film theory (sound, narrative structure, point of view); application of theoretical issues; individual productions. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

048:135 Issues in Film and Video Production	1-4 s.h.
Nonlinear editing techniques using Avid, Final Cut Pro, or Media 100 nonlinear editors; student projects in shooting and editing. Prerequisite: 048:066.

048:141 Chinese Literature: Poetry	3 s.h.
Same as 039:141.

048:142 Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation	3 s.h.
Same as 39J:142.

048:143 Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation	3 s.h.
Same as 39J:141.

048:144 The Tale of Genji	3 s.h.
Same as 39J:145.

048:145 Latin America Cinema	3 s.h.
Political, historical, aesthetic, and cultural issues in key films from Latin American national cinemas. Recommended: knowledge of Spanish. Same as 035:145.

048:147 Warriors Dream	3 s.h.
Same as 39J:146.

048:150 Media Production Workshop	1-4 s.h.
Individual film, video, interactive, or screenwriting project; common problems, screenings of work in progress, criticism. Prerequisite: 048:124 or 048:132.

048:151 Literature and Anthropology	3 s.h.
Same as 008:151, 113:109.

048:152 America in Other Words	1-3 s.h.
Same as 181:152.

048:153 Latin American Studies Seminar	3 s.h.
Interdisciplinary approach. Recommended: Spanish or Portuguese sufficient for background readings. Same as 035:176, 038:176, 113:132, 130:176.

048:154 Twentieth-Century Czech Authors	3 s.h.
Same as 041:168.

048:155 Narrative Modes	3 s.h.
History or theory of narration modes in media.

048:156 Invitation to Nabokov	3 s.h.
Nabokov's works and his writings on Russian literature. Same as 008:156, 041:156.

048:158 East-West Literary Relations	3 s.h.
Same as 039:158.

048:159 African Literature Today	3 s.h.
Contemporary written and oral African literary texts, literary theories relevant to study of African literatures. Same as 008:159, 187:159.

048:160 Issues in Rhetoric and Culture	3 s.h.
Same as 008:181, 010:160, 036:146, 160:160.

048:161 Transnational and Post-Colonial Writing by Women	3 s.h.
Same as 008:161.

048:162 Pan-Caribbean Literary Currents	3 s.h.
Twentieth-century fiction, film, and cultural practices in the Hispanic, Francophone, and Anglophone Caribbean; cultural essays to complement literary readings; pan-Caribbean cultural practices--music and carnival celebrations. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. Same as 035:171.

048:164 Topics in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies	arr.
Same as 041:164.

048:166 Topics in Literature and Theory	3 s.h.

048:167 Gender and Sexuality in French Cinema	3 s.h.
Cultural and historical approach to representation of gender identity and sexual codes in French cinema from 1920s to present. Prerequisite: 009:111 or 048:001 or 048:002 or 131:010 or consent of instructor. Same as 009:148, 131:167.

048:168 Post-Colonial Literature in France	3 s.h.
Same as 009:168.

048:169 Issues in Gender and Sexuality	3 s.h.
Significance of gender and/or sexuality to cinema, in general or in a period, genre, film type, or national cinema; theoretical approaches, including feminist and queer theory.

048:171 Film Authors	3 s.h.
A major director or comparison of directors; theoretical approaches to study of film authorship.

048:172 Narrative and the Cinema	3 s.h.
Narrative theory applied to cinema; comparison to related works in other media. Same as 008:172.

048:173 Styles and Genres	3 s.h.
Film types, their cultural significance.

048:174 Topics in Film and Popular Culture	3 s.h.
Same as 008:171.

048:175 Topics in Film and Literature	3 s.h.
Same as 008:175.

048:176 Modes of Translation Studies	3 s.h.
Surveys of the vast and growing number of approaches to translation studies; rhetorical, theoretical, practical, artistic, commercial, intermedial issues. Same as 160:176.

048:177 Literature and Art	3 s.h.
Same as 008:177.

048:178 Topics in Latin American Cinema	3 s.h.
Same as 035:191.

048:179 Literature and Society	3 s.h.
Same as 008:179.

048:180 Literature and Translation	3 s.h.
Translation in the broadest sense; originality, authority, authorship, accuracy, ownership, audience; issues problematizing differences between medium and message. Same as 041:180, 160:180.

048:185 Global Women's Cinema	3 s.h.
Same as 131:185.

048:186 Special Topics in Literature and History	3 s.h.
Topics at the intersection of literature, society, history, and ethics; readings vary.

048:190 Chicano Cinema	3 s.h.
Same as 035:190.

048:191 Early Modern Culture	3 s.h.
Same as 009:191.

048:192 East Meets West: A Cross-Cultural Course	3 s.h.
Perceptions in the modern period based on analyses of films, literary and philosophical texts from East and West. Same as 039:192.

048:193 Asian Literature Today	3 s.h.
Same as 039:193.

048:194 Introduction to Feminist Criticism	3 s.h.
Same as 008:194, 131:194.

048:195 Selected Authors	3 s.h.
Writings by one or more authors; close readings, literary theory.

048:196 Cuban American Literature and Culture	3 s.h.
Experiences of Cuban exiles in the United States, emergence of a literature based on dispossession, marginality, memory of island past. GE: cultural diversity. Prerequisite: 08G:001 or equivalent. Same as 035:143.

048:197 Techniques of Translation	3 s.h.
Same as 009:197.

048:199 Individual Study	arr.
Prerequisite: advanced B.A. enrollment with international and comparative literary projects, or M.A. enrollment in comparative literature.

048:200 Advanced Film/Video Production Workshop	1-4 s.h.
Individual film, video, interactive, or screenwriting project; common problems, screenings of work in progress, criticism. Prerequisites: graduate standing, and 048:124 or 048:132.

048:204 Reading Across the Arts	3 s.h.
Contemporary arts and critical theory, with focus on how written texts interpret works in other media; varied approaches to art works and theory of reading.

048:205 International Translation Workshop	1-3 s.h.
Same as 181:205.

048:211 Comparative Stylistics	3 s.h.
Same as 009:210.

048:217 Introduction to Contemporary Literary Theory	3 s.h.
How major theories construct literary text; structuralist, semiotic, psychoanalytic, Marxist, reader response, Derridian criticism. Same as 035:281.

048:223 Romantic Literature	3 s.h.
Same as 008:223.

048:234 Readings in South Asian Literature	3 s.h.
Same as 008:234.

048:239 Queer Theory	3 s.h.
Same as 008:239, 035:239.

048:244 Crossing Borders Proseminar	1 s.h.
Same as 01H:330, 013:260, 016:244, 030:243, 035:271, 044:287, 113:248.

048:247 Crossing Borders Seminar	2-3 s.h.
The intersection of translation studies and media studies; complex infrastructure that allows translation across cultures. Repeatable. Same as 01H:247, 008:231, 013:262, 016:247, 030:242, 035:273, 044:286, 113:247, 129:231, 160:247, 181:247.

048:250 Writing about Cinema	1-3 s.h.
Directed research, writing, revision of graduate work in film studies.

048:259 Issues in Translation	3 s.h.
Contemporary and historical theories.

048:260 Translation Workshop	1-3 s.h.
Prerequisites: at least one foreign language and consent of instructor. Same as 08W:260, 181:260.

048:262 History of Criticism: 1700-Present	3 s.h.
Theory of literature from neoclassicism to contemporary critical movements. Same as 008:262, 049:262.

048:270 Seminar Issues in the History of Translation	3 s.h.
Selected readings, current debate on translation's history and theory. Same as 08W:265.

048:273 Advanced Film Theory	3 s.h.
A major figure, issue, or approach in film theory.

048:275 Advanced Film History	3 s.h.
A major period or topic in film history; issues in film historiography, research.

048:276 Narrative Modes	3 s.h.
History or theory of narration modes in varied media.

048:277 Studies in Sound and Image	3 s.h.
Theoretical and historical approaches to film sound, technology, style.

048:284 Types of Modern Criticism	3 s.h.
Selected topics in recent European and American criticism. Same as 008:284, 035:284.

048:291 Translation Internship	arr.

048:298 Special Topics in German Literature	arr.
Same as 013:298.

048:300 American Film and American Culture	3 s.h.
Key issues, periods, genres, or figures in American cinema; historical and cultural contexts. Repeatable. Same as 045:300.

048:303 Special Topics in Cinema	3 s.h.
A topic in analytical, theoretical, or historical cinema.

048:304 Special Topics in Asian Cinema	3 s.h.
Key issues, movements, periods, or figures in East or South Asian cinema. Repeatable. Same as 039:304.

048:305 Special Topics in European Film	3 s.h.
Key issues, movements, periods, or figures in European film. Repeatable.

048:402 Seminar: Medieval Literature and Culture	arr.
Repeatable. Same as 008:402.

048:407 Seminar: Renaissance Literature	arr.
Same as 008:407.

048:409 Special Projects	arr.
For doctoral candidates.

048:410 Thesis	arr.

048:441 Seminar in Chinese Literature	arr.
Same as 039:241.

048:455 Seminar Post-Colonial Studies	arr.

048:460 Seminar: Problems in Aesthetics and Literary Theory	arr.
Same as 008:460.

048:461 Seminar: Problems in Critical Theory	arr.

048:462 Seminar in Comparative Literature	3 s.h.
In-depth study of a comparative topic or a current theoretical debate in the discipline.

048:615 Seminar: Film Theory	3 s.h.
A major figure, issue, or approach in film theory. Repeatable.

048:616 Seminar: Film History	3 s.h.
A major period or topic in film history; issues in film historiography, research. Repeatable.

048:640 Colloquium in Film and Video Production	1-3 s.h.
Production and theory, with focus on varied theoretical issues; readings, projects. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

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