JMC 4380 FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM (3 credits)
A broad study of film critique methods, analysis, and interrogation based on current and traditional theoretical approaches to criticism (e.g., semiotic analysis, Postmodernism, genre, auteur theory, apparatus, feminist approaches, discourse analysis). Specific films (both classical and contemporary) may be examined as a form of socio-cultural inquiry.
Prerequisite(s): JMC 3340 (co-requisite); JMC 3350; or instructor permission.