| Course Title: Topics in Film Studies: 'Revenge on Stage and Screen' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| Description: Revenge plots display an enduring popularity. We will examine plays and films that show the range of possibilities, exploring: narratives focused on gender, race, and class; the place of family in revenge plots; the "underdog" tale; the importance of religion to ideas of justice; and the way in which genre influences notions of vengeance. Films and plays include the following: Euripides' Medea, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ji Junxiang's The Orphan of Zhao, Suzan-Lori Parks's Fucking A, Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, Damián Szifron's Wild Tales, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, and Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman. Students will design their own final research projects. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Heidi Holder | hholder@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | THEA - Rooke Theatre | 104 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in Film Media Theater or English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| FMT-330RE-01 Revenge on Stage and Screen |
| ENGL-367RE-01 Revenge on Stage and Screen |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 17 | Available: 1 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Medea and Other Plays Author: Euripides, Copyright: 2009 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780199537969 Publisher: Oxford (Oxford World Classics) |
Required | 9.00 |
| Title: Hamlet Author: Shakespeare, William Copyright: 1998 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780451526922 Publisher: Signet Classics |
Required | 5.95 |
| Title: The Ferryman Author: Butterworth, Jez Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1559365668 Publisher: TCG Theatre Communications Group |
Required | 14.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |