The Cinema of Steven Spielberg
CJST 217
Spring 2024
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Last year, Steven Spielberg released his most personal film, The Fabelmans, cementing his position as the most prolific Jewish-American filmmaker of our time. This course will study Spielberg's illustrious career and how he changed American filmmaking and American society. In light of his new biographical film, it will also examine how his Jewishness informed his work: sometimes as a text, in films such as Schindler's List and Munich, and sometimes as subtext, in films such as E.T. and West Side Story. This rich body of work will allow us to explore the intersection of many different subjects: film and history, tradition and modernity, childhood and adulthood, Jewishness and otherness, and how a nice Jewish boy became a national treasure. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS CJST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CJST-MN)(FILM-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Molly Haskell. STEVEN SPIELBERG: A LIFE IN FILMS
McBride, Jospeh, STEVEN SPIELBERG: A BIOGRAPHY
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Examinations and Assignments:
Bi-Weekly (twice a week) comments on readings and/or films: 60 %
Final project: 20 %
Participation: 20 %
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course counts toward the minor in Jewish and Israel Studies |
| Instructor(s): Shavit,Avner Times: .M.W... 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: BOGH114; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: -5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: 4 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 17 | 1st Ranked: 4 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 8 |
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