SO 205 American Film Culture
This class will focus primarily on the film genre. Students will examine the recurrent themes in various genres such as the western, the musical and the gangster film. Students will discuss the sociology needs for prevalent features in generic formulas such as the resolution of conflict and the rites of order and integration. Each class period will consist of a historical feature film, class lecture, discussion, and exams.
Prerequisite
C or higher in
SO 100