| Spring Term 2020 TOP: GOLDEN AGE SILENT FILM - 3839 - FIST 320 |
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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 2020: Golden Age 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 of the avant-garde. We will end with the close of the silent era and the dawn of the Stalinist musical. Attributes: Cross-Listed Course, 200-399 Foundation/Gateway Crs
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