Global Film Melodrama
FILM 290
Spring 2024 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
CEAS 292, FGSS 290 |
Often patronizingly dismissed as 'women's weepies', this course will examine the proliferation and transformation of melodrama film within various national, subnational, postcolonial, queer, and global contexts. The course will focus on the specific language ad conventions of melodrama. We will watch a wide range of films from India, China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Egypt, Kenya, Spain, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina, and Mexico among various global film contexts. Importantly, this course will ask, what are the stakes and implications of 'Global' in "Global Film Melodrama"? Moving away from an additive model that often present global film histories as an addendum to the "mainstream" cinemas, the focus will instead be on the emergence and significance of melodrama, and its specific idioms within transnational contexts. The course is open to all sophomores including non-film minors and non-film majors at Wesleyan. No previous experience in Film is required. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(FGSS)(FILM-MN)(FILM) |
Major Readings:
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Examinations and Assignments:
Group presentation, weekly perusall reading, and two take-home essays |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is open to all sophomores including non-film minors and non-film majors at Wesleyan. No previous experience in Film is required |
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