Film Studies
ENGL 6750/7750
Fall 2010 | PH 327
Time: M 600-900
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Office: PH 372 | Office Hours: Office Hours: M: 205-400; T, TH: 300-420; other times by arrangement | E-mail: david.lavery@gmail.com | Office Phone/Voice-Mail: 615-898-5648 | Home Page: http://davidlavery.net | Film Studies Course Blog
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Dr. David Lavery is Professor of English at MTSU (1993- ). The author of over one hundred twenty published essays, chapters, and reviews, he is author / co-author / editor / co-editor of twenty three books, including Joss: A Creative Portrait of the Maker of the Whedonverses and The Essential Cult Television Reader. The organizer of international conferences on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Sopranos, a founding co-editor of the journals Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies and Critical Studies in Television, he has lectured around the world on the subject of television (Australia, Turkey, the UK, Portugal, New Zealand, Ireland, Germany) and has been a guest/source for the BBC, NPR, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The New York Times, A Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil), Publica (Portugal), Information (Netherlands), AP, The Toronto Star, USA Today. From 2006-2008, he taught at Brunel University in London. |
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Class Members
Alyssa Dawson | Ariel Dingus | Jeff Frame | Stephanie Graves | Dawn Hall | Amanda Johnson | Mellisa Mitchell | Luke Patton | Jessica Szalacinski | Sally Vandenburg | Jesse Williams
Critical Essay or Special Project--choose one of the following (30% of course grade)
(A) A 2000 word critical/interpretive encounter (approved by me) with film studies (no sources required).
(B) A pedagogical film studies project: a course syllabus, website, power point presentation, annotated bibliography/videography, etc.
Major Paper: A source paper of not less than 4,000 words on some aspect of film studies approved by me. | 50% of course grade
Class Participation: Your evaluation in this area will be based on your contributions in class discussion and, in addition, presentations throughout the course | 20% of course grade
Power Points
Introduction to the Course | The Camera Sequence | Hollywood Cinema and Beyond | Stars and Technology | Universal Language | National Cinemas I | National Cinemas II | Fellini | Genre | Authorship | The Movie Artist | Coens | Literary/Film Theory | Television Glossary
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Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Course Requirement |
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1 |
8/30/10 |
Introduction to the Course | ||
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2 |
9/6/10 | Labor Day: No Class | ||
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3 |
9/13/10 | Hollywood Cinema and Beyond | Cook 1-107 | |
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4 |
9/20/10 | Hollywood Cinema and Beyond | Cook 1-107 | |
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5 |
9/27/10 | The Star System | Technologies | Cook, All of Parts 2, 3 | |
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6 |
10/4/10 | World Cinemas | Cook 168-216 | |
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7 |
10/11/10 | World Cinemas | Cook 217-50 | |
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8 |
10/18/10 | Fall Break (no class) | ||
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9 |
10/25/10 | Genre | Cook 252-315 | Critical Essay/Special Project Due |
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10 |
11/1/10 | Genre | Cook 316-84 | |
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11 |
11/8/10 | Authorship and Cinema | Cook 387-445, Caughie, Death of the Author/Auteur | |
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12 |
11/15/10 | Authorship and Cinema | Cook 446-483 | |
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13 |
11/22/10 | Developments in Theory | Cook 487-547 | |
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14 |
11/29/10 | Television Studies | Miller 1-79 | |
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15 |
12/7/10 | Television Studies | Miller 80-189 | Major Paper Due |
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16 |
12/10-12/16/10 | Final Exam Week | ||