Reel Women: Sirens and Saints

3 units

Students in this course study American fiction and American cinema via images of women in our society, which these media provide. The assertion of the course is that cinema and prose fiction are interactive, with films taking their themes from fiction and fiction applying its techniques of presentation from film. The course provides an examination of the writings of American women authors and traces their works through film adaptations. Through critical analyses, students will interpret the relationships between fiction and films and learn how seemingly diametric mediums blend to portray women in American culture. This course does not count toward the Film and Media Studies major or minor.