HUMN 242: Global Cinema

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Class Program

Humanities

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091127

Meets Degree Requirements For

Diversity,

Humanities

Description

A study of the cultural and historical development of global cinema outside of Hollywood and the United States, emphasizing the study of films and innovations in film production, distribution, and exhibition, as well as changes in national identity, that have had significant influence on international cinema.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate intellectual curiosity toward global cinema and devise strategies for independent inquiry about cinema as an art form.

Recognize the aesthetic and formal qualities of global cinema, including how regional filmmakers utilize film to represent national and personal identity.

Demonstrate critical thinking about global cinema by synthesizing information from multiple sources.

Analyze films from historical, cultural, and theoretical perspectives, including how the role and understanding gender, race, and sexual identity shape them.

Demonstrate reflective and metacognitive thinking about global cinema and its relationship to the humanities.

Recognize the on-going conversation among national and regional cinematic movements and how those movements are created in response to global and regional issues.

Core Topics

The history, formal elements, and social implications of major cinematic movements in Europe, such as German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, Italian Neorealism, and The French New Wave.
The history, formal elements, and social implications of major cinematic movements in Asia, such as Postwar Japanese Cinema, The Iranian New Wave, New Korean Cinema, Bollywood, New Hong Kong Cinema, and Fifth Generation Chinese Cinema.
The history, formal elements, and social implications of major cinematic movements in the Americas, such as Nuevo Cine Mexicano, Brazilian Cinema Novo, Contemporary Argentine Cinema, and Contemporary Chilean Cinema.
The history, formal elements, and social implications of other contemporary global cinematic movements.