Hitchcock: Cinema, Gender, Ideology

(Cross-listed with FMS 81, ILVS 57 and ENG 80) Studies in the major films of Hitchcock with specific attention to the relations among popular culture, narrative cinema, and the social constructions of gender, sexuality, and cultural authority. Emphasis on various theories of cinema and spectatorial relations (feminist, psychoanalytic, queer) and close examination of the representational practices that "naturalize" heterosexual romance in relation to the narrative of "suspense." Recommendations: ENG 1, 2 REQUIRED or Fulfillment of College Writing Requirement. WGSS 0063 American Fiction From 1900-1950. * available as of 09/01/25 (Cross-listed AMER 53 and ENG 63) Studies in the development of the novel in America from the first half of the century. Reading will include representative works by Cather, Hurston, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wright, Bellow, and others. Recommended: ENG 20, 21, 22, or 23.