Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FS 444J - Screened Violence


Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. Violent images have often been blamed for violent actions. This course examines the consequence of violence on screen (film, tv, gaming) in both in its explicit and implicit forms. Screen examples will include themes of vengeance, transgression and cruelty, as much as it includes latent violence on gender, sexuality, racial identity and ability. The examples will be drawn from a range of cinemas and sources to expand the inquiry of what constitutes violence and how violence can result from ill-considered representation. Some sections of this course may be taught with FS 544. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits