Class Archive

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Sophomore Seminar:
Film Noir and Neo-Noir

F 12-2

An analysis of some classic American crime films and some recent examples of the genre.

THIS IS AN ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS COURSE. 

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Sophomore Seminar:
Modernity and the Films of the Coen Brothers

F 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Hitchcock

M 10-12

This course will focus on the Hitchcock oeuvre from the early British through the American period, with emphasis on analysis of cinematic representation of crime, victimhood, and the investigation of guilt. Our discussions and critical readings wil...(read more)

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Freshman and Sophomore Seminar:
Reading Marx Now

W 2-5

Marx is being seriously and widely read again since the financial crisis of 2008, and Capital Vol. 1 in particular is considered his work most appropriate to our times. Reading Capital today, we’ll see why 20^th- a...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

M 10-12

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness. We will also read some fiction and ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Film Noir and Neo-Noir

Tuesdays 9-12

An analysis of some classic American crime films and some recent examples of the genre.

This 2-unit course may not be counted as one of the twelve courses required to complete the English major.

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

Tues. 9-12

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discusing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness. We will also read some fiction and a...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture: Woody Allen

Note new time: W 6:30-9:30 PM

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 consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film A...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

Mon. 12-3

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some fictio...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture: Woody Allen

W 1-4

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 consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film A...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

W 1-4

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some fictio...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Modern Utopian and (mostly) Dystopian Movies

Tues. 5-8:30 PM incl. 1/2 hr. break

Among the films likely to be included in the syllabus and discussed in class are the following: Fritz Lang, Metropolis (1927); Leni Riefenstahl, The Triumph of the Will (1934); Charlie Chaplin, Mo...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture: Woody Allen

W 2-5

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 consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

W 2-5 (note new time)

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some ficti...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Woody Allen

W 2-5

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 consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

W 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some fictio...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Woody Allen

W 2-5

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 consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers

W 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some ficti...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Woody Allen

W 2-5

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 consideration of cultural contexts and events at Cal Performances and the Pacific Film ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Utopian and (mostly) Dystopian Films

W 7-10 P.M.

In this course no texts will be assigned, but certain background materials will be posted on bSpace.

This 2-unit course may not be counted as one of the twelve courses required to complete the English major.

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Coen Brothers: High and Low Culture

W 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some ficti...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Woody Allen

W 2-5

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 Pacifi...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture, Low Culture: Postmodernism and the Films of the Coen Brothers

Thurs. 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness.  We will also read some ficti...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Know Thyself

M 2-4

This simple, two-word admonition ("Know Thyself") carved over the entrance to the ancient temple at Delphi might be called the founding oracle of western humanism. The phrase itself is alive and well today, as a Google search will amply ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Woody Allen

W 2-5

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 Pacifi...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture, Low Culture: Postmodernism and the Films of the Coen Brothers

Thurs. 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness. We will also read some fiction and...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Know Thyself

M 2-4

This simple, two-word admonition carved over the entrance to the ancient temple at Delphi might be called the founding oracle of western humanism. The phrase itself is alive and well today, as a Google search will amply confirm, but what does it m...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Woody Allen

Thurs. 2-5

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...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Utopian & Dystopian Movies

Tues. 6-9 P.M.

We will mainly be viewing and discussing Utopian and anti-Utopian movies. Depending on the intended majors of those enrolled, we may use other kinds of visual material as well, from architecture, city planning, world's fairs, etc. We will not be de...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture: Postmodernism and the Films of the Coen Brothers

W 2-5

We will concentrate on the high and low cultural elements in the noir comedies of the Coen brothers, discussing their use of Hollywood genres, parodies of classic conventions, and representation of arbitrariness. We will also read some fiction and ...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
The Monster in the Mirror: Frankenstein & Dracula

W 2-3

We will read B. Stoker’s Dracula and M. Shelley’s Frankenstein, together with some film versions of these two archetypal horr...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
Socrates as a Cultural Icon

F 12-2

Socrates has often been compared to Jesus, an enigmatic yet somehow unmistakable figure who left nothing in writing yet decisively influenced the mind of his own and later ages. In the first weeks of the course we will read and discuss Aristophanes...(read more)

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture: Food in Film

M 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar: Food and Film

W 6-9 PM

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Sophomore Seminar: Contemporary Native American Short Fiction

Tues. 3:30-5:30 (Sept. 1 to Oct. 20 only)

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Sophomore Seminar: Socrates as a Cultural Icon

F 12-2

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture/Low Culture: Film Genres and the Cinema of Ang Lee

Th 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
Human Relationships in Literature, Art, and Culture

W 4-5

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Reading Walden Carefully

M 3-4

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Sophomore Seminar:
Contemporary Native American Short Fiction

T 4-6, Sept 2 to Oct 21 only

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Sophomore Seminar:
Socrates as a Cultural Icon

W 3-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture/Low Culture: Film Genres and the Cinema of Ang Lee

W 5:30-8:30 P.M.

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

Thurs. 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture/Low Culture

Thurs. 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
Socrates as a Cultural Icon

T 2-4

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture

Thurs. 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture/Low Culture

Thurs. 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
Socrates as Cultural Icon

Tues. 2-4

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture, Low Culture?The Films of Woody Allen

M 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
Socrates as Cultural Icon

W 2-4

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture/Low Culture--The Coen Brothers and the Arts

M 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
High Culture / Low Culture

M 2-5

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Sophomore Seminar:
Contemporary Native American Short Fiction and Poetry

M 12-1