Jeff Menne

Doctoral dissertation.Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.

The exploration of key aesthetic issues of analysis and evaluation as they pertain to film criticism. Previously offered as ENGL 5463.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.

Specialized readings and independent study.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): 9 credit hours of English.

Specialized readings or independent studies.Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours.

Examines the history of cinema in the U.S. from its beginnings until the present, addressing such issues as: the origins of cinema, the coming of sound, American film genres, the Hollywood studio system, censorship, the challenge of television, the new American cinema of the 1970s, the politics of independent film production, and the rise of computer-generated imagery.

Designed to provide students with an overview of fundamental theoretical and historical scholarship in film and television studies.

Social conduct and value systems as they affect the role of media in culture. Additional flat fee of $10.00 applies. Previously offered as ENGL 6253.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.

Examines the history of cinema in the U.S. from its beginnings until the present, addressing such issues as: the origins of cinema, the coming of sound, American film genres, the Hollywood studio system, censorship, the challenge of television, the new American cinema of the 1970s, the politics of independent film production, and the rise of computer-generated imagery.

Designed to provide students with an overview of fundamental theoretical and historical scholarship in film and television studies.

Introduction to the formal analysis of moving images - film, television, and new media - in aesthetic, cultural, and political contexts. Students discuss and write about films and other moving images screened in class.

A historical and theoretical examination of the stylistic and affective dimension of moving images, including questions of beauty and ugliness, cuteness and the graphic, enjoyment and disgust, high and low culture. Screenings will vary from semester to semester, but may include examples of realism, lo-fi production, prestige pictures, documentary, music videos and cult cinema, and will include material from both American and international contexts.

A comparative study of types of films both inside the Hollywood system and in other national cinemas. The western, the film noir and the musical, as well as genres from such countries as France, Germany and Japan. Focused knowledge of selected genres, a sense of the economic imperatives that necessitate generic “contracts” between film producers and viewers and knowledge of the history of specific genres. Previously offered as ENGL 3443.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.

A study of film and literature in relation, whether by way of adaptation studies, the distinct “grammars” of images and language, or the emergence of film and literary forms alongside each other in aesthetic movements.

Social conduct and value systems as they affect the role of media in culture. Additional flat fee of $10.00 applies. Previously offered as ENGL 6253.Offered for fixed credit, 3 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.

Introduction to the formal analysis of moving images - film, television, and new media - in aesthetic, cultural, and political contexts. Students discuss and write about films and other moving images screened in class.

Introduction to the formal analysis of moving images - film, television, and new media - in aesthetic, cultural, and political contexts. Students discuss and write about films and other moving images screened in class.

Examines the history of cinema in the U.S. from its beginnings until the present, addressing such issues as: the origins of cinema, the coming of sound, American film genres, the Hollywood studio system, censorship, the challenge of television, the new American cinema of the 1970s, the politics of independent film production, and the rise of computer-generated imagery.