| Course Title: Film Genre: 'The Musical Film' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course explores the American Musical Film from its first appearance in the late 1920s in early experiments with sound, through the films of Busby Berkeley and the MCM Musicals to its more recent revival in films such as Baz Luhrmann's 'Moulin Rouge.' The course also examines musical films from other national cinemas that either comment self-reflexively on the genre and its American context and/or expand common definitions of the genre. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Robin Blaetz | 413-538-2984 | rblaetz@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | ART - Art | 221 | Weekly |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Film Screening | Wednesday | 07:15PM - 10:05PM | ART - Art | 220 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: FLMST-201 or FLMST-202. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| 2 meetings (75 minutes) and 1 screening (2 hours, 30 minutes) |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Hollywood Musicals: The Film Reader Author: Cohan, Steven Copyright: 2002 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 041523560 Publisher: Routledge |
Required | 40.73 |
| Title: The Sound of Musicals Author: Cohan, Steven Copyright: 2012 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781844573462 Publisher: Palgrave |
Required | 25.16 |
| Title: The Musical: Race, Gender, and Performance Author: Smith, Susan Copyright: 2005 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781904764373 Publisher: Wallflower |
Required | 20.50 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookstore in S. Hadley |