CINE 360 - Strange Cinema

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WINT

This course will explore the effect of ‘strangeness’ in movies. What are the ways in which this effect is created? To what uses do filmmakers put the experience of strangeness? What baseline of ‘familiar’ do we use to judge strange movies? We will explore strangeness as both a poetics and an aesthetic, and its relation to effects such as the uncanny, the fantastic, the marvelous, and the wonderful.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: W. Day
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: CINE 110, 298, or 299 or consent of the instructor.