English 84

Freshman and Sophomore Studies: High Culture / Low Culture: Comedy and the Films of Woody Allen


Section Semester Instructor Time Location Course Areas
1 Spring 2008 Bader, Julia
Bader, Julia
Thurs. 2-5 300 Wheeler

Other Readings and Media

Allen, W.: Without Feathers,Side Effects,Four Films,Getting Even,Non-Being and Somethingness; Girgus: The Films of Woody Allen; Hirsch: Love, Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life; Perlman: Seven Types of Ambiguity

Description

We will examine the films and writings of Woody Allen in terms of themes, narration, comic and visual inventiveness and ideology. The course will also include a consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film Archive.

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