CMLT-C 310 LITERATURE AND FILM (3 CR.)
2 classes found
Spring 2024
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 14594 | Closed | 6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. | TR | BH 307 | Peretz E |
Eight Week - Second / In Person
LEC 14594: Total Seats: 30 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class meets second eight weeks only
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: The cinematic shot
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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LEC | 3 | 29638 | Open | 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | MW | LI 044B | Adesokan A |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 29638: Total Seats: 30 / Available: 19 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class meets with MSCH-F 398
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: African cinema and politics
At a time when a Marvel comics-based film successfully creates a utopian African society, what is the global status of African filmmaking? This course examines two issues: the socio-political contexts in which in contemporary African cinemas emerged and have continued to thrive; and literary adaptation as a source for creative practices in African screen media in an era of great mobility. Working through the assumption that new generation African filmmakers prefer to deal with formal and aesthetic issues at the expense of the kind of political filmmaking that preoccupied their precursors, the course looks at films that give equal weight to politics and aesthetics. Secondly, the course focuses on adaptation as an unappreciated but important area of growth in African cinematic history, relating this practice to changes in the production and circulation of artistic works. Readings, screenings and class discussions will focus on a number of issues, including the politics of literary adaptation, the impact of immigration and professional mobility on contemporary cinema, and the economics of filmmaking.