ENG/FST 317
Course Schedule, Spring 05

Week One
W 1.11
Introduction

F 1.13
Reading: Chapter 1 in Corrigan
Journal 1-Exercise #1 on pg. 16

Week Two
M 1.16
No Class, Martin Luther King Day

W 1.18
Reading: Dyer's "Introduction to Film Studies"
Last day for drop/add

F 1.20
Reading: Chapter 2 in Corrigan; look over film terms, pg 173,
Journal 2--Exercise #2 on pg. 34

Week Three
Film: The Searchers (1956)
M 1.23
Reading: Chapter 3 in Corrigan, Senses of Cinema entry on Ford
Writing: Exercise #1 on pg. 78

W 1.25
Reading: Cole's "Mose Harper:Eccentricity and Survival in The Searchers"
No Class

F 1.27
New York Times review, filmsite.org entry, Roger Ebert's review
Writing: Review Annotation

Week Four
M 1.30
Reading: Chapter 4 in Corrigan
Review #1 Due

W 2.1
Reading: Eckstein's "Darkening Ethan"

F 2.3
Reading: Miller's "The Race to Settle America: Nice Guys Do Finish Last"
Journal 3

Week Five
Film: The Virgin Suicides (2000)
M 2.6
A.O. Scott's review, Salon.com review, Independent web review

W 2.8
Reading: Corrigan, Chapter 5

F 2.10
Reading: Goldberg's "Where are the Female Directors?"
Journal 4

Week Six
M 2.13
Reading: Cardullo's "Love Story, or Coppola vs. Coppola"

W 2.15
Reading: "Together in Electric Dreams", "Interview with Sofia Coppola"

F 2.17
Kolker's "The Film Text and Film Form"
Review #2 Due

Week Seven
Film: Groundhog Day (1993)
M 2.20
Reading: Janet Maslin's review, Washington Post review, Gilbey's Groundhog Day

W 2.22
Reading: Gilbey's Groundhog Day

F 2.24
Reading: Gilbey's Groundhog Day
Journal 5

Week Eight
M 2.27
Draft of Essay #1 Due In Class

W 3.1
Last day to withdraw
Reading: Chapter 6 in Corrigan

F 3.3
Critical Essay #1 Due

Week Nine
M 3.6-F 3.10
Spring Break, No Class

Week Ten
Film: To Have and Have Not (1945)
M 3.13
Reading: Krzemienski's "There's Something about Harry: To Have and Have Not as Novel and Film"
Journal 6

W 3.15
Reading: Senses of Cinema entry on Hawks, NYTimes review

F 3.17
Reading: Biesen's "Bogart, Bacall, Howard Hawks and Wartime Film Noir at Warner Brothers"
Journal 7

Week Eleven
M 3.20
Reading: Deutelbaum's "Showing the Strings that Don't Show: Mise-en-scéne and Meaning in To Have and Have Not"

W 3.22
Reading: Place & Peterson's "Some Visual Motifs of Film Noir"

F 3.24
Reading: Gomery's "Hollywood as Industry"
Journal 8

Week Twelve
Film: M (1933)
M 3.27
Reading: Pauline Kael's Review, Ebert's Review

W 3.29
Reading: Chang's "M: A Reconsideration"

F 3.31
Reading: Senses of Cinema entry on Lang
Journal 9

Week Thirteen
M 4.3
Reading: Kaes' M

W 4.5
Reading: Kaes' M

F 4.7
Reading: Kaes' M
Review #3 due

Week Fourteen
M 4.10
In class screening and exercise

W 4.12-F 4.14
Holiday Break, No Class

Week Fifteen
Film: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
M 4.17
Reading: Southern, "Strangelove Outtake: Notes from the War Room"

W 4.19
Reading: Senses of Cinema entry on Kubrick

F 4.21
Reading: Divine's "Southern Fried Satire"
Journal 10

Week Sixteen
M 4.24
First Draft of Final Essay Due in Class

W 4.26
Reading: Goldbarth's "A Square of Light"

F 4.28
Second Draft of Final Essay Due in Class

Week Seventeen
M 5.1
Last Day of Classes
Final Essay Due