ENG 4260 - Writing about Film

This course provides instruction in both film criticism and film scholarship by exploring prevalent critical writing approaches to film. Students will develop the range of skills necessary for the analytical and critical study of film by learning to structure written arguments about a film's value. Students will become familiar with some of the major critical approaches in the field including formal analysis, narrative theory, feminism, auteurism, etc. Students will also learn to write popular film reviews and maintain a film blog. Students will also learn the role of research in constructing historical scholarship about topics in film.

Credit Hours: 3

Term Offered: Spring of odd years

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