Spring 2027

Avant-garde Film

Examines the history and aesthetics of avant-garde/experimental film from the late 1910s to the present, studying key aesthetic programs and their relations to adjacent movements in art and critical theory.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.50 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.06 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain general ideas and definitions of “avant-garde”

  • Distinguish aesthetic features associated with avant-garde film

  • Delineate a body of critically acclaimed and emblematic works in this mode

  • Contextualize avant-garde films in relation to broader artistic movements and tendencies

  • Think about the nature and possibilities of the cinematic medium in new ways

  • Communicate the nature and value of creative originality, perceptual expansion, and aesthetic pleasure

  • Evaluate methodologies and trends in the academic literature on avant-garde cinema and assess areas of inquiry inviting further conceptual engagement, research, and scholarly publication

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COM ARTS 350 or declared in Communication Arts MA or PhD

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COMARTS 463

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.50 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.06 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

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Topics

  • History and aesthetics of avant-garde/experimental film
  • Key aesthetic programs and their relations to adjacent movements in art and critical theory
  • The nature and possibilities of the cinematic medium

Skills

  • Examine the history and aesthetics of avant-garde and experimental film from the late 1910s to the present.
  • Distinguish aesthetic features associated with avant-garde film.
  • Contextualize avant-garde films within broader artistic movements and tendencies.
  • Evaluate methodologies and trends in academic literature on avant-garde cinema.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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