COM 343 American Film History
Syllabus
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Readings
Announcements
Paper Assignment
Take-home quiz due 2/8
Lecture and Readings Outlines
Problems and Perspectives
Broken Blossoms; Melodrama reading questions
Sunrise and Melodrama
Chaplin and City Lights
Early Warner Bros. and Studio Style
Western Film Iconography
Best Years discussion
Hitchcock overview
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Notorious discussion questions
50s Hollywood
Sklar 15, 16, 17
Manchurian Candidate: Issues/Discussion
Bonnie and Clyde and 60s Cinema
Chinatown
Sklar, 18 and 19
Sklar, 20-22
El Mariachi discussion
Lone Star and genre
Unit Reviews
Midterm One Review
Midterm Two Review
Final Review
Films on Campus
Contact:
steven.lipkin@wmich.edu
URL: http://homepages.wmich.edu/~lipkin/courses