"History of Animation" surveys the changes in technology, style,
and content from the beginning of motion pictures up to contem-
porary trends.  The course centers on North American animation,
including both Hollywood cartoons and its alternatives, from
major canonical animators, such as Walt Disney and Chuck Jones,
to less conventional figures, Len Lye, George Pal, and Caroline
Leaf.

I.  Silent Animation:  "Before Mickey"
      A.  From Lighting Drawings to Emile Cohl to Windsor McCay
      B.  Rise of Animation Studios:  Bray, Fleischer, Disney
      C.  The "Modern" Cartoon Series:  Felix the Cat
II.  Classical Hollywood Animation
      A.  Disney in the 1930s and 40s
      B.  Warner Brothers vs. Fleischer vs. MGM
      C.  Animation "Auteurs," Chuck Jones, Tex Avery
III. Racism and Hollywood Cartoons:  from COAL BLACK to JASPER
     AND THE WATERMELONS
IV.  Experimental Animation
       A.  Len Lye and Camera-less Animation
       B.  Robert Breer and the Avant Garde
       C.  National Film Board of Canada:  Norman McLaren, 
             Caroline Leaf, and Marv Newland
       D.  Women and Animation:  Sally Cruikshank
V.   Computer Animation
       A.  James Whitney's Pioneering Films
       B.  Disney:  From Tron to Pixar