Spring 2020  |  ARTH 3940 Section 001: Topics in Art History -- Pulp Fictions (66809)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Meets With:
ARTH 5950 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
Enrollment Status:
Open (1 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
Class Description:
This course examines the kind of works that form the backdrop for Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction: crime fiction by authors such as Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, Raymond Chandler, and Mickey Spillane; and films often categorized as film noir, i.e., "black cinema," that distinctive film universe composed of equal parts atmospheric visuals, hardboiled dialogue, and violent action. Readings will include Hammett's Maltese Falcon, Cain's Double Indemnity, and Chandler's Murder, My Sweet, as well as excerpts from other texts. Films will include John Huston's The Maltese Falcon, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity, and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, as well as neo-noirs such as Roman Polanski's Chinatown, David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Curt Hanson's L.A. Confidential, and, of course, Pulp Fiction. Special consideration will be given to the global context, by considering international films such as the French Pepe Le Moko, Rififi, and Bob le Flambeur; the Italian Osessione; and the Hong Kong Hard-Boiled. Required critical texts on pulp fiction, film noir and specific texts and films will help students understand the significance of these works in relation to politics, gender representation, and other topics, as well as literary and cinematic history and historiography.
Grading:
Attendance, class participation, quizzes, Canvas responses: 10%
Midterm examination 25%
Term paper 35%
Final examination 30%.
Exam Format:
Take-home midterm and final examinations.
Class Format:
Lecture-Discussion.
Workload:
One film screened in class and several films to be viewed outside of class during the semester, with Canvas responses for each. 25 pages of reading each week (average). 6-8 page term paper for 3940; 12-15 page term paper for 5950.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66809/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
16 November 2019

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