Topics in Theory and History of Film

4 credits

This course will consider various theoretical approaches to film texts (historical-materialist, feminist, psychoanalytic, semiotic) as well as the history of film, the political economy of film production and distribution, exhibition practices, and spectatorship in national and transnational contexts. May be taken up to three times for credit when topics vary. Restricted to major code LT77 or consent of instructor and department.