Legacy Course Catalog
FILM C392 - Genre Study In Film
| Effectivity: | 01/13/2003 - Fall 2007 *** @ IU IUPUI Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr sum |
| Short Title: | Genre Study In Film |
| Description: | This course examines the cinema of science fiction through representative SF films, primarily American, since the 1950's. We will explore the complex thematology of SF films (cyborgs, time travel, first contact with aliens, mutations, etc.) as it is manifested in the main types or categories of SF film, including space opera and "hard" SF. We will be concerned with analyzing how these thematic conventions and narrative types working together produce the science fiction "effect" and differentiate SF from other adjacent genres. The course also examines the relevance of literary and structural models for understanding the aesthetic effect of the science-fiction film. |
| Department: | Iupui Courses |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
