Section Info: FMT-230HA-01

Course Title: Intermediate Courses in History and Theory: 'Hitchcock and After'

Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024

Term: Fall Semester 2024

Description: This course will examine the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the afterlife of Hitchcock in contemporary U.S. culture. We will analyze Hitchcock films in a variety of interpretive frames, including feminist and queer theories, and in shifting historical contexts including the Cold War. We will also devote substantial attention to the legacy of Hitchcock in remakes, imitations, and parodies. Hitchcock films may include The Birds, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Marnie, North by Northwest, Psycho, Rear Window, Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Strangers on a Train, and Vertigo.

Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Elizabeth Young	413-538-2326	eyoung@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024	Seminar	Tuesday and Thursday	10:30AM - 11:45AM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: 4 credits in Film, Media, Theater.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Weekly evening screening required.

Course Tags
FMT0004	FMT-CR: Critical Studies	This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Critical Studies area.

Cross-listed Sections

ENGL-217HA-01 Hitchcock and After

FMT-230HA-01 Hitchcock and After

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 18	Enrollment: 18	Available: 0	Waitlist: 16

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
To be determined.

Additional Book Comments

This is NOT the complete book list for this class.