Schedule
Week 1: Startup
- August 7: First day of classes. Introduction to the course.
Week 2: Back to the Basics
- 12: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 1: What is a Movie?,” “Chapter 2: Narrative.”
- 14: The Thief of Baghdad (1924)
Week 3: Silent Expressionism
- 19: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 3: Mise-en-Scene”
- 21: Die Nibelungen (1924)
Week 4: Color!
- 26: Die Nibelungen (1924)
- 28: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 4: Cinematography”
Week 5: Enter Walt Disney
- September 2: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 6: Editing”
- 4: The Thief of Baghdad (1940)
Week 6: There’s no place like Oz
- 9: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 7: Sound,”
- 11: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Week 7: French Surrealist Fantasy
- 16: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 5: Acting,”
- 18: Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Week 8: Back to Reality
- 23: Holiday – Grito de Lares
- 25: Essay #1 due. Midterm Exam.
Week 9: Introduction to Auteur Theory
- 30: Barsam, Richard. “Chapter 8: Thinking about Movies, Theory and Meaning,”
- October 2: Sadko (1952)
Week 10: Alexander Ptushko, Russian Auteur
- 7: Read the following articles on Alexander Ptushko and his films: “Alexandr Ptushko,” “Imperial Fatigue 2: The Films of Alexandr Ptushko,” including the short articles to three of his films in the page.
- 9: Ilya Muromets (1956)
Week 11: Ray Harryhausen: Master of Stop Motion Animation
- 14: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- 16: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Week 12: Arthurian Legends
- 21: Readings TBA.
- 23: Camelot (1967)
Week 13: Deconstructing the Arthurian Legends
- 28: Readings TBA.
- 30: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Week 14: Fantasy in SF Clothing
- November 4: General Elections – No classes
- 6: Last day to drop classes. Readings TBA. Star Wars (1977)
Week 15: Archetypes and the Monomyth
- 11: Veteran’s Day – No classes.
- 13: Readings announced in blog.
Week 16: Presentations
- 18: TBA
- 20: TBA
Week 17: Presentations
- 25: TBA
- 27: Holiday – Thanksgiving Recess
Week 18: Challenging the Genre
- December 2: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
- 4: Last day of classes. Final Project due.