ENGL 361 - Strange Cinema

FC ARHU WINT

4 credits
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.
Prerequisites & Notes: CINE 110, 290, 298, or 299 or consent of the instructor.
This course is cross-listed with CINE 360