CINE 425 - Senior Seminar: The Anecdote and Writing Film History

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR

This course is canceled effective 09.14.2007.

From Benjamin to Barthes to Greil Marcus, there is a “secret history” of theory that favors the anecdote as a mode of analysis, but film studies has largely ignored anecdotes as a model for writing its own history, one which might, like the movies themselves, be full of mysterious allure. What might a more anecdotal approach look like? This course will map out the approach’s history, and ask students to write “anecdotal” histories of course films. Enrollment Limit: 12.
Instructor: B. Doan
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the Cinema Studies Program section titled “Senior Tutorials and Seminars.”
Admission based on a completed application form (available at the department office). Consent of instructor required.