Course Description
We are living in a post-literate age. Most people now get their history from films instead of books. How film, using a different vocabulary than that of books, recreates the past.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional research and/or paper(s) are normally required for graduate level coursework.
Athena Title
HISTORY AND FILM
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. read a wide range of primary and secondary sources critically. 2. polish skills in critical thinking, including the ability to recognize the difference between opinion and evidence, and the ability to evaluate--and support or refute--arguments effectively. 3. write stylistically appropriate and mature papers and essays using processes that include discovering ideas and evidence, organizing that material, and revising, editing, and polishing the finished papers.
Topical Outline
I How to Study Film as History II Background III Paris: the Eternal City? IV Modernization V France in Revolution VI Decolonization and Immigration (varies according to instructor; this is a sample)
Syllabus