FILM HISTORY
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SPRING 2006
CINE101/ENGL091/ARTH108
TR 3:00-4:20pm, Fisher-Bennett 401
Fulfills Arts & Letters Requirement
Prof. Peter Decherney
decherney@sas.upenn.edu, 215-746-3156
office hours: Fisher-Bennett 211, Thur 1-3pm and by appointment
graders: Greg Steirer, James Fiumara, Joshua Ratner
ASSIGNMENTS: Film analysis (25% of final grade), annotated bibliography (25%), midterm (25%), and final (25%). Attendance is mandatory; more than two unexcused absences will result in the reduction of your course grade. Detailed assignments will be distributed in class and posted on the website. Exam questions will be drawn from class reading, lectures, and screenings.
REQUIRED TEXT (available at the Penn Book Center on 34th Street)
Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell, Film History: An Introduction, 2nd ed. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2002) [FH below]. All other readings are can be downloaded form the course website.
All films can be downloaded from the Blackboard site.
