| Course Title: National/Transnational Cinema: 'Bollywood: A Cinema of Interruptions' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: Indian popular film, known commonly as Bollywood, is usually understood to have weak storylines interrupted with overblown cinematic spectacles and distracting dance numbers. The course explores the narrative and visual structure of Bollywood for what scholar Lalitha Gopalan has called a "constellation of interruptions." We will analyze a selection of films closely, read scholarly articles, participate in debates, write guided assignments, and pursue independent research papers. We will learn to develop provocative historical and theoretical approaches to Indian films both, as a vibrant cultural form as well as intelligent filmmaking that challenges us and contributes to our understanding of world cinema. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Ajay Sinha | 413-538-2473 | asinha@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:30PM - 02:45PM | ART - Art | 220 | Weekly |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Film Screening | Wednesday | 07:15PM - 10:05PM | ART - Art | 221 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| SASIA0001 | SASIA: South Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the South Asian Studies major. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| ARTH-290BC-01 Bollywood Cinema |
| FLMST-270BC-01 Bollywood Cinema |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 12 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |