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Catalog Description :
This course explores facets of the development of Russian film in its historical and cultural context. Topics may include: “The Golden Age of Soviet Film,” “The Cinema of Tarkovsky,” and “Film as Propaganda.” Taught in English. Russian majors and minors may participate in a two-unit tutorial in which discussions and some course readings will be in Russian.
Topic for Spring 2016: The Golden Age of Silent Film
This course examines the beginning of film in Russia and the Soviet Union. Our survey will take us through the actuality films of Lumière and Path, the literary adaptations and melodramas of the crepuscular Romanov Dynasty, the early attempts at a popular Soviet cinematography, and the heady experiments to the avant-garde, including works by Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, and Dovzhenko. We will stop with the end of the silent film and the dawn of the Stalinist musical. Readings will include historical background, memoirs, and theoretical works by the filmmakers and their contemporaries.
Attributes: Cross-Listed Course, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
Term |
Spring Term 2016 |
Instructors |
Peter John Thomas |
Course |
FIST 320 |
Grade Mode |
Standard |
Title |
TOP: GOLDEN AGE SILENT FILM |
Final Exam |
Monday, Jun 06, 2016 08:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
CRN |
3848 |
Status |
Active |
Class Time |
12:30 PM-01:40 PM MWF MAIN 306 |
Start-End Date |
Mar 28, 2016-Jun 08, 2016 |
Campus |
Appleton Main Campus |
Units |
6 |
Cross Listed as |
RUSS 320 |
Course materials |
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Maximum |
Number registered |
Total Registered in Crosslisted Group |
Enrollment: |
Unlimited |
1 |
13 |
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