HUM 6939 & 5915: Timeline


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June 24-27 July 1-4 July 8-11 July 15-18
July 22-25 July 29-Aug 1 Final Note

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June 24
Part I: Culture and Ideology in Film
Section I: Introduction

  1. Simmons, "Ideology and Multicultural Film"
  2. Lippman, "Stereotypes," "Codes & their Enemies"
See also html Lecture 1, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE, powerpoint lecture on "Basic Elements"
See also SE, powerpoint presentation on "Early Cinema"
Real media version available at: http://video1.xoom.com/ramgen/BattleatElderbrush.rm
In Class Viewing of: Citizen Kane; Shadow of a Doubt is optional.
Technology Training: Introduction to Blackboard

June 25
Section II: Film Language/Technique

  1. Belton, "Classical Hollywood Style"
  2. Bordwell, Thompson, "Style in CITIZEN KANE"
See also TE, powerpoint lecture on "Citizen Kane and Camera"
See also SE, powerpoint presentations on "Basic Elements of Film" and "Citizen Kane"
Assigned Films
Film 1: Citizen Kane
Film 2: Shadow of Doubt
In Class Viewing of: The Truman Show; Matrix is optional
Technology Training: Introduction to Powerpoint

June 26 and 27 Section III: Ideology

  1. Austin, "Marxist Criticism"
  2. Althusser, "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses"
  3. Kavanaugh (optional)
See also html Lecture 3, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lectures on "Ideology" and "Marx"
See also SE CD, powerpoint presentations on "Ideology"
Assigned Films
Film 3: The Truman Show
Film 4: Matrix
In Class Viewing of: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (June 26)
Imitation of Life (June 27)
Technology Training: The rest of the technology sessions are devoted to giving you practical advice on how to create powerpoint presentations and navigate through blackboard.

REPORTS BEGIN
July 1 [top]
Part II. Intersectionalities and Various Approaches to Film Criticism
Section IV: Ideology and Race

  1. Omi and Winant, "Racial Formation"
  2. McIntosh, Peggy. "White Privilege"
Film 5: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Reporter/s: ________________________________________
In Class Viewing of: Marnie (July 1)

July 2

  1. Dyer, White, Chapter VI
  2. Snead, "Spectatorship . . . "
  3. hooks, "Oppositional Gaze" (optional)

Film 6: Imitation of Life
Reporter/s: _________________________________________

See also html lecture 4, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lecture on "Race"
In Class Viewing of: Psycho (July 2)

July 3
Section 5: Psychoanalysis and Gender

  1. Gail Houston, "Psychoanalytic Criticism"
  2. Laura Mulvey, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema"
Film 7: Marnie
Reporter/s: ___________________________
In Class Viewing of: Cabaret (July 3)

July 4

  1. Freud, "On Fetishism"
  2. Merck "Psychoanalysis and Subjectivity"
  3. McKahan, Rethinking the Gaze (optional)

Film 8: Psycho
Reporter/s: ___________________________

See also html lecture 5, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lecture on "Marnie-Psycho"
In Class Viewing of: Strawberry and Chocolate (July 4)

July 8 [top]
Section 6: Sexuality, Gender, Ideology

  1. Rubin, "Thinking Sex"
  2. Weber, "A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality"
Film 9: Cabaret
Reporter/s: ______________________
In Class Viewing of: Titanic (July 8)

July 9

  1. Rubin, "Trafficking in Women"
  2. Benshoff, Chapter I

Film 10: Strawberry and Chocolate
Reporter/s: _______________________

See also html lecture 6, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lecture on "Cabaret-Strawberries"
In Class Viewing of: Pretty Woman (July 9)

July 10 Section 7: Love and Ideology

  1. Belton, "Genre and the Genre System"
  2. Wright, "Genre Films and the Status Quo"
Film 11: Titanic
Reporter/s: ________________________
In Class Viewing of: Double Indemnity (July 10)

July 11

  1. Cooper, "Love, Danger and the Professional Ideology of Hollywood Cinema"
  2. Robin Woods, "Ideology, Gender and the Auteur"

Film 12: Pretty Woman
Reporter/s: ___________________________

See also html lecture 7, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lecture on "Titanic-Pretty Woman"
In Class Viewing: LA Confidential (July 11)

July 15 and 16 [top]
Section 8: Film Noir, Action/Adventure Films, Masculinity and Femininity

  1. Belton, "Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night"
  2. Thompson, "We Should Reject Traditional Masculinity"
  3. Place, "Women in the Film Noir" (optional)

Reporter/s: _______________________________ (on Double Indemnity-July 15)
Reporter/s: _______________________________ (on LA Confidential-July 16)

See also html lecture 8, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lecture on "Film Noir-Male Rampage"
In Class Viewing: Being John Malkovich (July 15)
PI (July 16); Beloved is optional

July 17 and 18
Section 9: Independent Films

  1. Simmons
  2. Belton, "Counterculture Strikes Back"
Reporter/s: _________________________________ (on Being John Malkovich-July 17)
Reporter/s: _________________________________ (on PI-July 18)

See also html lecture 9, http://english3.fsu.edu/~kpicart/humfilm
See also TE CD, powerpoint lecture on "Indie Films"
In Class Viewing: The Searchers (July 17)
Bringing Up Baby (July 18)

Part III. Looking Ahead [top]
Group Reports on the Optional Films. Bonus Points: range from + 1 to +2 to the final mark-note that there is only a three point difference across each letter mark on the scale. Sign up for one slot; bring floppy or CD to submit, together with two powerpoint printouts.

Instructions: Apply any three key theoretical concepts in analyzing the following films:

July 22: The Searchers (1956)
In Class Viewing: Full Metal Jacket

July 23: Bringing Up Baby (1938)
In Class Viewing: Shaft

July 24: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
In Class Viewing: Matewan

July 25: Shaft (2000)
In Class Viewing: West Side Story OR In & Out

July 29: Matewan (1987) [top]
In Class Viewing: What's Cooking

July 30: West Side Story (1961) OR In & Out (1997)
No more in-class viewing

July 31: What's Cooking (2000)
No more in-class viewing

August 1
Interview with Jim Larner and Ronnie Kelly; SIR/SUSSAI Evaluations and Self-Evaluations for Attendance and Participation; Class Party(Bring Food to Share)

Final Note [top]
By June 26, please hand in the following information on the smallest sized index card with a recent photo of you (photocopy your I.D. cards, if worse comes to worst). For students who have taken courses from me in the past, you may skip the photo, but I will need your latest contact information and your profile below.

Name:
Nickname:
Year:
Major:
Minor:
Background in English, Humanities, Philosophy, Criticism or Women's Studies (if any):
Home Phone:
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