◆ FILM 340 - Film Theory and Criticism

(3 credits) Meets GEP Math/Critical Analysis Intensive.

An examination of film as a complex cultural medium through the lenses of key theoretical approaches such as formalism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism, Marxism, cultural studies, queer theory, audience and star studies, reception and spectatorship, and/or genre analysis. Prerequisites: ENG 111 - College Reading and Writing, FILM 140 - Approaches to Film and FILM 240 - Film Genres; or △ ENG 390 - Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice. Grade only. Offered annually.