FMS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Film Theory and Criticism

4 credits (Fall)

This course is an advanced introduction to film theory following a chronological approach, from early realist and formalist works, to modern, postmodern and avant-garde iterations, to contemporary feminist revisionist cinema. In this writing-intensive module we will look at key theoretical concepts surrounding authorship, spectatorship, as well as embodiment, gender, race, queerness, and cultural identity. We will engage complex cinematic topics from an intersectional, decolonial perspective.

Prerequisite: Second-year standing.
Instructor: Ely