CINE 368 - Movies and Melodrama

4HU, WR
First Semester. This course explores the history, cultural contexts, and critical challenges of melodramatic narrative cinema. We’ll study the genre’s origins, the rise and fall of its prestige, its identification as a “feminine” form, its adaptation to different historical and cultural contexts, and its contemporary challenges to cultural analysis. American, Post-1900. This course is cross-referenced with ENGL 368.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment Limit: 25.
Mr. Pence

Credits: 4 hours