English 190
Research Seminar: Hollywood in the 1930s
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
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| 10 | Spring 2017 | Knapp, Jeffrey
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TTh 12:30-2 | 50 Barrows |
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Description
Our subject will be the theory and practice of mass entertainment in Hollywood from the birth of talking pictures to the start of W.W. II. We'll sample the extraordinary range of films that Golden-Age Hollywood offered its consumers: from screwball comedies and gangster pictures to melodramas, westerns, feature-length animation, musicals, and horror.
Most of the movies we'll discuss are available for rent or purchase from iTunes or Amazon Instant Video. You may view all of them for free through the streaming service of our own Media Resources Center. The only required text will be a Course Reader, which will gather relevant theory and criticism on the films as well as contemporaneous reviews and cultural commentaries.
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