SWAN 355 - World Cinema

3 credits
3 lecture hours.

This course satisfies the film history and culture requirement for SWAN. To begin an examination of world cinema, students will survey the development of film in Europe and America from 1895 forward. Through screenings and lecture, students will be introduced to the formal workings and aesthetics of film in world cinema including major movements such as German Expressionism, Italian neorealism, the French new wave, and Third Cinema. Emphases in this course can range from African and Asian cinema, to films from Latin America.

Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (FALL/SPRING)