Fall 2019  |  ENGL 3045 Section 001: Cinematic Seductions: Sex, Gender, Desire (31615)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/03/2019 - 12/11/2019
Thu 04:00PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 320
Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Gender/sexuality in cinema. Sexuality/identity. Historical contexts of films. Theoretical debates regarding gender/sexuality.
Class Notes:
Film screenings occur during class time.
Class Description:
This course will focus on the multiple and contested ways in which gender and sexuality are engaged by cinema. We will consider the following questions, among others: how does film construct particular sexualities or gender identifications as "natural" and normative or "unnatural" and deviant? What are some of the cinematic codes and conventions that make the world of a film, and the identities proposed within it, seem "normal" and "real," and what happens when these are challenged? Can the contravention of these codes throw subjectivity into crisis, destabilizing familiar concepts of gender or sexuality? What do we, as film spectators, look for in cinema, and what kinds of sexualities and gendered subjectivities emerge in our dialogue with the screen? The course will introduce films from a variety of national cinemas and historical periods, ranging from the 1920s to the present, and including both mainstream Hollywood cinema and the avant-garde. Readings represent a wide range of points of view and theoretical agendas WE will explore different ways of "reading" cinema, the historical contexts surrounding particular films, and some of the theoretical debates that characterize the field of cinema studies. Students are required to be at film screenings and ask themselves how films manipulate us - emotionally, aesthetically, and politically. They will respond by completing two papers, one 4-5 pages in length and one 8-10 pages in length. They will also write weekly Moodle responses and give an oral presentation to the class.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31615/1199
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
26 October 2016

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