CINE 368 - Movies and Melodrama

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

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. Enrollment Limit: 25.
Instructor: B. Doan
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the Cinema Studies Program section titled “Advanced Cinema Studies Courses.”