Film Noir

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course will consider the evolution of film noir, focusing on the classic period of film noir, the 1940s and 1950s, and the crime films from this period that have come to be seen as defining film noir. Class discussions will also address the hard-boiled crime fiction of the mid-twentieth century that was intrinsic to the development of the noir aesthetic, as well as later developments of noir cinema. Prerequisite: 9 credits ENGL. Three credits.