RTF S345 The History of the Japanese Film: Styles, Genres, Movements - W

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Faculty: Siegenthaler

Class Time: M-F 230P - 400P

Room: CMA 3.116

Screening Time: TTH 430P - 700P

Room: CMA 3.116

Writing Comp: Y

Comm/Cult Req: N

Closing Limit: 35

Session: Second

PREREQUISITES

Must be an RTF major with a UT GPA of at least a 2.25 and have upper-division standing. The following coursework with a grade of at least C in each: RTF 305, either RTF 314 or 316, and 6 additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in RTF

CONSENT REQUIREMENTS

This course does not require consent. Registration is open via the online registration system to RTF majors.

FIRST CLASS DAY POLICY

Students must attend the first class day or make prior arrangements with the instructor.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Kurosawa of Seven Samurai and High and Low, Miike of Audition, Miyazaki of Spirited Away: as spectators, we often think of Japanese film in terms of its best-known directors and their most successful works. This course will re-envision Japanese film history to place those works and artists in their industrial, cultural, and stylistic contexts. With an emphasis on the central organizing concepts used by practitioners in the film industry itself, we will investigate the main genres, movements, and cinematic styles that have comprised the Japanese cinema over the past 100 years. Twice-weekly film screenings and readings of works by Sato, Richie, and Cazdyn, among others, will guide our discussions and offer a basis for several short and medium-length writing assignments.