Upcoming Courses Fall 2024
Course Description: Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1302. This course introduces students to the canon of Chinese literature, and traces the social-political and cultural transformation of Chinese societies and the global Chinese diaspora through literature.
Course Description: Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1302. Through discussing contemporary film, music, TV drama, dance, performance, fashion, art and internet culture, this course explores the changing role of socialist politics, the rise of consumerism, and China's global cultural significance in the contemporary world. Taught in English.
Course Description: History of German films within their historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic context. Taught in English. Core: Creative Arts.
Course Description: East German films within their historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic context. Taught in English. Core: Creative Arts.
Course Description:How many ways can filmmakers depict young King Arthur withdrawing the sword from the stone?? Answer: MANY! This course will compare modern translations of literary texts written in the medieval period (13th-century King Arthur narratives, Werewolf narratives, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Robin Hood ballads, Beowulf) to film and television adaptations of this material (Excalibur and other Arthurian films, five Beowulf adaptations, five SGGK adaptations including The Green Knight [2021], and various Robin Hood films and TV series). Course goals include: learning how to perform close reading of the words that comprise medieval literary texts; learning how to “read” the components of cinematography: mise en scene, camera shots, dialogue, lighting, sound, musical soundtrack, costume, props, casting, etc.; sharpening critical thinking. Cinematic materials include silent films, animation, Hollywood blockbuster feature films, and TV series. CORE Requirement Satisfied: Language, Philosophy & Culture
Course Description: Course introduces students to major medieval texts about the legend of King Arthur and his Roundtable Knights. Course compares medieval texts to cinematic medievalism by comparing major episodes in the Arthurian legend to their adaptations in films and television series. Course teaches close reading of literary texts AND film texts by analyzing how major filmmakers (John Boorman, Joshua Logan, Guy Ritchie, David Lowery) adapt King Arthur’s medieval legend for contemporary audiences through movies and TV.
Course Description: A JOURNEY INTO FILMMAKING AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING. Explore spirituality, world religions, and belief systems woven into the film and media we love to consume.
Course Description: Critical analysis of use of photographs and other images in contemporary society, from mass media to social media to interpersonal communication.
Course Description: Contemporary theories on how knowledge and culture affect the construction of social reality.