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Fall 2017 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (34605)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Tue 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 32509/05/2017 - 12/13/2017Thu 09:45AM - 12:30PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 325
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Description:
- This is a course in film criticism and theories of ideology. Our concern will be to gain a critical perspective on the problem of ideology as it pertains to the cinema (rather than with the ideological content of films per se--though that too will be addressed). Theorizing issues of cinema and ideology requires that we have a shared understanding of (1) film form: how the technical apparatus of film functions to produce ideological understandings of the world; (2) film content: how ideology is inscribed in and through filmic narrative; and (3) film spectatorship: how (and whether) the ways that viewers are positioned to make sense of themselves and the world have implications for social relations at large (outside the cinema). Using formal, theoretical and interpretive arguments, we will attempt to formulate readings both of recurrent ideological themes in the cinema (such as: class conflict; corporate crime; political repression and conspiracy) as well as develop conceptual arguments about the nature of the cinematic image.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34605/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2008
Spring 2017 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (68110)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 02/28/2017Tue 01:00PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 12501/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 12503/01/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue 01:00PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankPeik Hall 375
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Description:
- This is a course in film criticism and theories of ideology. Our concern will be to gain a critical perspective on the problem of ideology as it pertains to the cinema (rather than with the ideological content of films per se--though that too will be addressed). Theorizing issues of cinema and ideology requires that we have a shared understanding of (1) film form: how the technical apparatus of film functions to produce ideological understandings of the world; (2) film content: how ideology is inscribed in and through filmic narrative; and (3) film spectatorship: how (and whether) the ways that viewers are positioned to make sense of themselves and the world have implications for social relations at large (outside the cinema). Using formal, theoretical and interpretive arguments, we will attempt to formulate readings both of recurrent ideological themes in the cinema (such as: class conflict; corporate crime; political repression and conspiracy) as well as develop conceptual arguments about the nature of the cinematic image.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68110/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2008
Summer 2016 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (83280)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/13/2016 - 08/05/2016Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 145
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Notes:
- Issues in Contemporary Cinema: 1995-2015 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mlekas+CSCL3115+Summer2016
- Class Description:
- After the U.S.'s entry into World War II in 1941, the paperback novel and short story collections suddenly burst onto the global marketplace: soldiers, nurses, staff, reporters, and even refugees need reading material that was light, portable, and easy to understand during flights and sea travel and long, long periods of waiting.Some of this mass-produced text consisted of reprinted classics and best-sellers of the day, and much of it bordered on the dark underbelly of everyday life and the "seamier" aspects of the social experience that actually needed attention: crime, poverty, depression PTSD, and sexuality.These were printed on inexpensive "pulp" paper stock, but they definitely packed a punch.This course will follow the translation of these written texts onto film. We will pay special attention to the themes, formal elements, and even the acting styles of these "pulp" films: we will analyze the film's themselves and look at their influence on current cinema. We will see The Locket, Pressure Point, Shock Corridor, Written of the Wind, Gun Crazy and many other pulp masterworks that fuse Melodramatic themes with Noir practices.Requirements: one article weekly to read, one film journal, two short essays and one exam.All of the reading is on our course access file. No textbook necessary.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83280/1165
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 April 2016
Fall 2015 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (11039)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Tue 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 12009/08/2015 - 12/16/2015Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 115
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?CSCL3115+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- This is a course in film criticism and theories of ideology. Our concern will be to gain a critical perspective on the problem of ideology as it pertains to the cinema (rather than with the ideological content of films per se--though that too will be addressed). Theorizing issues of cinema and ideology requires that we have a shared understanding of (1) film form: how the technical apparatus of film functions to produce ideological understandings of the world; (2) film content: how ideology is inscribed in and through filmic narrative; and (3) film spectatorship: how (and whether) the ways that viewers are positioned to make sense of themselves and the world have implications for social relations at large (outside the cinema). Using formal, theoretical and interpretive arguments, we will attempt to formulate readings both of recurrent ideological themes in the cinema (such as: class conflict; corporate crime; political repression and conspiracy) as well as develop conceptual arguments about the nature of the cinematic image.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11039/1159
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2008
Summer 2015 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (87939)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session06/15/2015 - 08/07/2015Tue, Thu 09:05AM - 01:10PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 110
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Notes:
- Issues in Contemporary Cinema: 1995-2015 http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mcgil103+CSCL3115+Summer2015
- Class Description:
- What do we watch, and how does it shape who we are? And who are we, anyway? From blockbusters to the avant-garde, from CGI to DIY, from rom-coms to sci-fi, CSCL 3115 looks at how the films being made today structure our world and our lives. In "Cinema and Ideology - Issues in Contemporary Film: 1995-2015", we examine cinema as a mode of cultural production that is used to represent and comment on political and social systems in an age of globalization. CSCL 3115 explores the diverse variety of styles, themes, and images used by contemporary filmmakers to make political, social, and individual art that participates in the building of public life. We will consider problems of media representation, identity, and political speech from a comparative perspective, studying them across languages, geographies, and media platforms. Students will learn techniques of formal film analysis, and study the relationship between film form and ideological systems. The class will largely be based on film screenings and discussions. Students will be shown films that are likely unfamiliar to them; they will also be asked to take new perspectives on films that are likely quite familiar. We will also be talking about the news media, television programing, found footage, and other forms of media that address the issues of our time. Screenings may include selections from directors such as Spike Lee, Sofia Coppola, David Fincher, Werner Herzog, Jia Zhanke, Pedro Almodovar or Guillermo del Toro. This class fulfills the Arts and Humanities requirement for the College of Liberal Arts. Learn about media studies, about contemporary art, and about the politics of the present. While watching movies. Good movies. See you at the show.
- Class Format:
- 25% Lecture
50% Film/Video
25% Discussion - Workload:
- 1 Exam(s)
1 Presentation(s) - Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/87939/1155
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 31 March 2015
Fall 2014 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (11129)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Tue 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 12009/02/2014 - 12/10/2014Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankNicholson Hall 120
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Description:
- This is a course in film criticism and theories of ideology. Our concern will be to gain a critical perspective on the problem of ideology as it pertains to the cinema (rather than with the ideological content of films per se--though that too will be addressed). Theorizing issues of cinema and ideology requires that we have a shared understanding of (1) film form: how the technical apparatus of film functions to produce ideological understandings of the world; (2) film content: how ideology is inscribed in and through filmic narrative; and (3) film spectatorship: how (and whether) the ways that viewers are positioned to make sense of themselves and the world have implications for social relations at large (outside the cinema). Using formal, theoretical and interpretive arguments, we will attempt to formulate readings both of recurrent ideological themes in the cinema (such as: class conflict; corporate crime; political repression and conspiracy) as well as develop conceptual arguments about the nature of the cinematic image.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11129/1149
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 November 2008
Fall 2013 | CSCL 3115 Section 001: Cinema and Ideology (16793)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education RequirementDelivery Medium
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Tue 02:30PM - 05:15PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 10809/03/2013 - 12/11/2013Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, East BankFolwell Hall 108
- Course Catalog Description:
- The cinema as a social institution with emphasis on the complex relations it maintains with the ideological practices that define both the form and the content of its products. Specific films used to study how mass culture contributes to the process of shaping beliefs and identities of citizens.
- Class Description:
- In CINEMA AND IDEOLOGY, we will take the two terms that make up the course's title and weave them together in a lecture/discussion/viewing and presentation format. First, we will concentrate on various definitions of Ideology, from Marx, Althusser, and DeBord, and we will view various film examples that elucidate and complicate the problem of how ideology works. Next, we will move on to specific ideological constructions in film: of nation, work, family, and war. Finally, we will set up films for analysis, both of themselves as media, and as propogandists for, or critics of, dominant ideolog(ies). We will read one article weekly, and there will be two exams and approximately 15 pages of writing.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16793/1139
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 9 November 2009
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