FRENCH FILM

COMARTS 958

Seminar probes theoretical questions concerning nature of historical knowledge, examines scholarly models and introduces methodologies and resources for research on the history of cinema.

COMARTS 463

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

COMARTS 613

Specialized topics and issues in film history, theory, and criticism.

FRENCH 465

Representative French-language films will be studied from an esthetic and a cultural perspective. Choice of themes and periods studied will vary, and may range from historical surveys to a close examination of films from a particular time or place. Taught in French.

COMARTS/ITALIAN 460

General survey of Italian cinema and of the relationship between film and the other arts. Consideration of the Italian and European socio-political context and developments in film theory.