ENGL 315 New Wave Cinemas: Global Filmmaking in the 1960s

3 Credit(s)

This course focuses on the new cinemas that emerged around the world in the postwar period, including the French, Italian, Czech, and Japanese new waves, New German, New American, and New Latin American cinema, and Britain’s Angry Young Men. The course explores how these various new waves opposed classical cinema, the tensions between realist and experimental film styles, and the possibilities of cinema as a tool to promote political change. At the same time, it traces the shared thematic concerns of new wave cinema during this period, including youth culture, sexuality, political dissent, nihilism, and emergent global culture.

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 200 or 201 or 202 or CINE 101 or 201 or 202