ENGL 28600 - The Movies

Credit Hours: 3.00. (Lec/Lab offering at PWL.) The history and aesthetics of the movies from The Great Train Robbery and The Birth of a Nation or Intolerance to contemporary films. Comparison of the cinematic method with the methods of the drama and the novel. One afternoon or evening a week for the screening of films; two periods a week for discussion. Typically offered Fall Spring.