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Jan 15, 2025
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2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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HIST 205H - 20th Century Film
Credits: Four (4)
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In recent decades historians have added to their inventory of
sources, especially in the study of popular culture. Historians now
use film and television as a means to understand and interpret the
past. This course proposes to explore films for their ability to
recreate, reflect or reveal, measure change, and make or influence
U.S. and world history. The course will survey the history of film
in the United States and the world, looking both at history through
the lens of film and at film through the lens of history. Students
will work closely with film sources from a variety of perspectives;
through classroom viewing and discussion, special projects outside
of class, readings, historical research, and writing assignments.
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