HIST214
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Monsters, Gangsters, and the Great Depression
History
College of Liberal Arts
Course Subject Code
HIST
Course Number
214
Status
Active
Course Attributes
BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, NFIL: Minor-Film
Course Short Title
Monsters, Gangsters, Great Dep
Course Long Title
Monsters, Gangsters, and the Great Depression
Course Description
Using classic gangster and monster films from the 1930s as the primary course content, students will have the opportunity to have an increased 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 may also be asked to consider how and why these two genres remain influential in the present.
Min
4
Repeatable
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Course Restrictions
Level: UG (I),
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