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81500ENGL-22700.001 Stories into Film Dr. Christopher Wielgos TR 6:00 PM-9:45 PM Prerequisite: ENGL-111000 This course explores the multi-faceted relationship between literary
texts and their film adaptations. To
this end, students will learn a specialized vocabulary, employ
"reading" strategies specific to film, and consider a selected body
of film criticism. In our course of
study, we will focus on several broad areas of inquiry: ·
the difference between literary
conventions/techniques and cinematic ones ·
the influence of cultural and historical conditions
on the process of adaptation ·
various theories of adaptation: What are
the different approaches a filmmaker can take to a literary text? How much does "fidelity" to the
source really matter? ·
the consequences of adaptation: What meaningful changes result when a
particular work is made into a film? How
do the ideological implications of the two texts (literary and cinematic)
differ, and why? ·
questions of interpretation: How do the text and the reader (viewer)
"make" meaning? 81605 ENGL-27000.001 Introduction
to Film Studies Dr.
Simone Muench W 5:00
PM-9:00 PM Prerequisite: ENGL-111000 This course will cover over 100
years of cinema from its primitive beginnings to the contemporary blockbuster
era of such mega-hits as Star Wars
and The Lord of the Rings. We will
examine various genres such as sexy screwball comedy, horror, and nightmarish film noir. We will view documentary, stop motion
animation, and Dogme 95 films. Throughout, we will
explore the elements of film form and style, while attempting to teach you how
to re-see films in an active and
critical manner, instead of merely letting them wash over you in the dark in an
act of passive consumption. The class aims to provide you with an understanding
of film as an artistic medium and to equip you with the vocabulary for
discussing it. The primary methodology
of the first half of the course is to break films down into the components of
photography (writing in light), mise-en-scene, acting, editing, and sound with the understanding
that all of these elements overlap. By
analyzing the operation of each of these constituent parts in detail, and
finally fusing these parts into a whole, we hope to come to understand how
visual and auditory images create meaning and embody ideas worthy of careful
analysis and discussion. The second half
of the course will consider classical narrative structures, alternative
structures, genre, and ideology with a continuing effort to synthesize everything
you've learned over the course of the class. Possible
films for the course include The Mascot,
Some Like It Hot, The Celebration, Double Indemnity,
The Thing, Once Were Warriors, Casablanca, Fallen Angels, The Exorcist, Run
Lola Run, and It Happened One Night. Possible texts for the course include Timothy Corrigan's A Short Guide to Writing About
Film and Louis Giannetti's Understanding Movies. Assignments are designed
to sharpen your analytic and critical skills as well as to develop your
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URL: http://www2.lewisu.edu/~wielgoch/film/
This site was created and is maintained by Dr. Christopher Wielgos, Professor of English, Lewis University. This site was last updated September 25, 2017. Any questions, comments, or suggestions may be sent to: wielgoch@lewisu.edu. The author is a member of
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