DSP/AMS
328:
Film & the American Identity
Primary Instructor: Dr.
Jeff Robbins
Office: Humanities, 307D
Office hours: Mon, Wed 10:00-11:00, 2:00-3:00,
Tues 1:00-3:00
Phone: x. 6720
Email:
robbins@lvc.edu
Other professors who will be
sitting in and leading sections of the course:
Renee Norris (MSC): norris@lvc.edu
Michael Pittari (ART): pittari@lvc.edu
Jeff Ritchie (ENG/DCOM):
ritchie@lvc.edu
Angel Tuninetti (SPA): tuninetti@lvc.edu
Course Description:
Issue: This team-taught,
interdisciplinary course will critically examine how films reflect,
construct, and question the dominant image and understanding of the
American identity
The general objectives for this course are at least threefold: 1) to introduce students to the basic history of film and film studies; 2) to acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to critically analyze and better understand how films both reflect and construct a sense of the 'American Identity;' and 3) to provide an interdisciplinary educational experience that will model how different disiplinary perspectives and critical lenses of inquiry into a given field of study allow new meanings to emerge.
Textbooks:
- American Cinema, American Culture, 2nd edition, by John Belton
- On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
- A selection
of readings that will be distributed by the instructors.
