Survey of Hollywood Film: 1920 to Present

This course offers a foundational survey of Hollywood film from its inception through the present. Students study a chronological series of films selected to represent the ethno-cultural diversity of that history, films that demonstrate major developments in Hollywood film art over time. Students become familiar with the language of film, and the theoretical approaches and critical terminology used by film scholars to analyze the form. Students learn how to apply the theories and terms learned by use of them in class presentations and in class discussion, as well as in the writing of essays in the genre of film analysis.