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Contemporary Transnational Cinema

English College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ENGH

Course Number

220

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BINT: GenEd-Breadth/Interdisciplinar, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMME: Major-Media and Comms Elective, GLC: GenEd-Global Challenges, MECW: Major-English:CreativeWriting, MEWC: Major-English:Writing/Comms, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive, ENEL: Minor-Engl:Literature Elective, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, NENL: Minor-English:Literature, NFIL: Minor-Film, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications, NWES: Minor-Western Heritage

Course Short Title

Contemp. Transnational Cinema

Course Long Title

Contemporary Transnational Cinema

Course Description

Examines contemporary film examples of "transnational" cinema, i.e., cinema that finds reception and distribution beyond its country of origin. Growing global interconnectedness has resulted in the expansion of a transnational market and audience for films. By closely analyzing a range of contemporary films from Argentina, Brazil, China, Iran, India, Germany, Spain, South Africa, and the United States, students may explore how these films' narrative styles reinforce or challenge the form of cinematic storytelling popularized globally by Hollywood cinema. Trains students to watch and write about films by placing them in cultural and historical context.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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