24.264
Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking
Fall 2005
This course examines problems in the philosophy of film as well as literature studied in relation to their making of myths. The readings and films that are discussed in this course draw upon classic myths of the western world. Emphasis is placed on meaning and technique as the basis of creative value in both media.
Readings
- Bédier, Joseph. Tristan & Iseult . Rei ed. London, UK: Vintage, 1994. ISBN: 0679750169.
- Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion . New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2003. ISBN: 0141439505. (Including the prose epilogue.)
- Cocteau, Jean. Cocteau on the Film . Mineola, NY: Dover, 1972, pp. v-76. ISBN: 0486227774.
- Cocteau, Jean. Cocteau on the Film . Mineola, NY: Dover, 1972, pp. 99-131. ISBN: 0486227774.
- Singer, Irving.“The Meaning of Death.” In The Creation of Value: Meaning in Life Series . Vol. 1. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0801854512.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.