ENG/FST 317-002
Course Schedule
Week One
W 8.23
Introduction
Week Two
M 8.28
Reading: Chapter 1 in Corrigan
Journal 1-Exercise #1, end of ch. 1
W 8.30
Reading: Chapter 2 in Corrigan; look over film terms, pg 177
Journal 2--Exercise #2, end of ch. 2
Week Three
Film: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
M 9.4
Reading: Roger Ebert's Review, Bosley Crowther's review
Labor Day, No Class
W 9.6
Reading: Vanneman, "Bonnie and Clyde: Together Again", Peebles "Gunning for a New Slow Motion"
Journal 3-Exercise #1 on pg. 81
Week Four
M 9.11
Reading: Chapter 3 in Corrigan
Review #1
W 9.13
Film: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Reading: "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Metaphor for the Fifties"
Journal 4
Week Five
M 9.18
Reading: Mann, "You're Next!: Postwar Hegemony Besieged in Invasion of the Body Snatchers", Taylor's review
W 9.20
Reading: Chapter 4 in Corrigan and review filmsite.org entry
Draft of Review #2
F 9.22
Review #2 due in front of my office.
Week Six
Film: Se7en (1995)
M 9.25
Reading: Corrigan, Chapter 5, Dyer's Seven pg. 1-34
Journal 5
W 9.27
Reading: Corrigan, Chapter 6, Dyer, pg. 35-57
Essay #1 Thesis
Week Seven
M 10.2
Reading: Finish Dyer. Fahy, "Killer Culture: Classical Music and the Art of Killing in Silence of the Lambs and Se7en"
W 10.4
Draft One of Essay #1
F 10.6
Final Draft of Essay #1 Due (in front of my office, MO 135)
Fall Break: 10.7-10.11
Week Eight
W 10.11
Reading: Goldberg's "Where are the Female Directors?"
Journal 6: Bring in a list of films made by women as well as a response to Goldberg's article.
Last day to withdraw with a W
Week Nine
Film: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
M 10.16
Reading: Senses of Cinema entry on Weir, NYTimes review
W 10.18
Reading: Tibbetts, "Adaptation Redux", Ebert review
Week Ten
M 10.23
Reading: Keesey, "Weir(d) Australia"
W 10.25
Reading: Bertrand "Good Taste at Hanging Rock?"
Journal 7
Week Eleven
Film: Fast Cheap and Out of Control (1997)
M 10.30
Reading: David Ansen's review, Janet Maslin's review
W 11.1
Reading: Wikipedia entry on Documentary Film
Journal 8
Week Twelve
M 11.6
Reading: Corner, "What Can We Say About Documentary?"
R 11.8
Review #3 due
Week Thirteen
Film: Zelig (1983)
M 11.13
Reading: NYTimes review, sensesofcinema entry on Allen
W 11.15
Reading: Feldstein "The Dissolution of the Self in Zelig", "Woody Allen's Match Point: Not Enough Already"
Journal 9
Week Fourteen
M 11.20
Reading: "The Comedian's Dilemma: Woody Allen's "Serious" Comedy"
11.21-11.27 Thanksgiving Vacation
Week Fifteen
M 11.27
Journal 10, No Class.
W 11.29
Essay thesis and first 1.5 pages of Final Essay Due.
Week Sixteen
M 12.4
Complete Draft of Final Essay Due
W 12.6
Last Day of Classes
Final Draft of Essay Due