FILM214
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Monsters, Gangsters, and the Great Depression
Interdepartmental
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
FILM
Course Number
214
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, NFIL: Minor-Film
Course Short Title
Monsters, Gangsters, & the GD
Course Long Title
Monsters, Gangsters, and the Great Depression
Course Description
Uses classic gangster and monster films from the 1930s as a method to increase students' understanding of a.) the historical realities that influenced the construction of the modern gangster narrative and the modern monster film, b.) the place of the gangster and monster film in the history of film, including the issues of censorship and promulgation of the movie production code, and c.) the gangster and monster films as specific genres, their relationship to other genres of the period including film noire, and the depictions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, urbanism, morality, etc. that defined these genres. Students will also have the opportunity to consider how and why these two genres remain influential in the present.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Course Restrictions
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Equivalent Course(s)
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