COMT 4950/ENGL 4950 - JOHNSON

M, W 5:30 - 6:45p.m.

Mon 1/10
Class:
Introduction; post-war Italy; Rome: Open City.
Assignment:
HNF, pp. 422-438
Wed 1/12
Class:
Rome: Open City; discussion.
Assignment:
Write a 200-400 word journal entry on Rome: Open City.
Mon 1/17
Holiday
Wed 1/19
Class:
Journal entry due: The Bicycle Thief.
Assignment:
View the rest of The Bicycle Thief, and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Mon 1/24
Class:
Journal entry due; quiz over HNF, pp. 422-438, Rome: Open City, and The Bicycle Thief.
Assignment:
HNF, pp. 439-477
Wed 1/26
Class:
American film, 1945-1965; film noir; Out of the Past.
Assignment:
HNF, pp. 477-515
Mon 1/31
Class:
Out of the Past; discussion.
Assignment:
Write a 200-400 word journal entry on Out of the Past.
Wed 2/2
Class:
Journal entry due; Vertigo.
Assignment:
View the rest of Vertigo and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Mon 2/7
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of Vertigo and American cinema, 1945-1965.
Assignment:
Review pages 439-515 and prepare for a daily quiz that counts as two quizzes.
Wed 2/9
Class:
Quiz over HNF, pp. 439-515, Out of the Past, Vertigo, and material presented in class; continued discussion of American film and Vertigo.
Assignment:
HNF, pp. 516-567 (I will indicate several passages for which you will not be responsible.)
Mon2/14
Class:
Forbidden Games.
Assignment:
See the rest of Forbidden Games and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 2/16
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of Forbidden Games; quiz over Forbidden Games and HNF, pp. 516-567.
Assignment:
See Breathless (1959) and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Mon 2/21
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of Breathless; Jules and Jim.
Assignment:
View the rest of Jules and Jim and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 2/23
Class:
Journal entry due: discussion of and quiz over, Breathless and Jules and Jim.
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 568-589.
Mon 2/28
Class:
Quiz over HNF, pp. 568-589; discussion; The Red Shoes.
Assignment:
No further assignmnet
Wed 3/1
Class:
The Red Shoes.
Assignment:
Write a 200-400 word journal entry on The Red Shoes.
March 2
Midterm
Wed 3/6
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion; Look Back in Anger.
Assignment:
View the rest of Look Back in Anger and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it
Mon 3/8
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion; Secrets & Lies.
Assignment:
View the rest of Secrets & Lies and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 3/13
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of, and quiz over, The Red Shoes, Look Back in Anger, and Secrets & Lies.
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 589-606
Mon 3/15
Class:
The Piano.
Assignment:
View the rest of The Piano and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 3/20
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of, and quiz over, HNF, pp. 589-606 and The Piano.
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 606-631.
Mon 3/22
Class:
La Dolce Vita or 8 1/2.
Assignment:
View the rest of the film we began viewing on the 20th and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 3/27
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of Fellini; excerpts from Antonioni; quiz over HNF, pp. 606-631, La Dolce Vita or 8 1/2, Fellini, and Antonioni.
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 631-644.
Mon 3/29
Class:
The Seventh Seal.
Assignment:
View the rest of The Seventh Seal and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
April 3-7
Spring Holidays
Mon 4/10
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of, and quiz over IB, pp. 631-644 and The Seventh Seal.
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 644-658
Wed 4/12
Class:
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Assignment:
View the rest of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it; read HNF, pp. 658-681.
Mon 4/17
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of, and quiz over Spanish cinema (HNF, pp. 644-658), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and "New German Cinema" (HNF, pp. 658-681).
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 828-867.
Wed 4/19
Class:
Yojimbo.
Assignment:
View the rest of Yojimbo and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it; read HNF, pp. 868-876.
Mon 4/24
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of, and quiz over Yojimbo and HNF, pp. 828-876.
Assignment:
See Ju Dou and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 4/26
Class:
Journal entry due; discussion of, and quiz over, Ju Dou and of the three Chinese cimemas today; possible film clips.
Assignment:
Read HNF, pp. 919-957.
Mon 5/1
Class:
Discussion of American film today; possible film clips.
Assignment:
See Lone Star and write a 200-400 word journal entry on it.
Wed 5/5
Class:
Period of the FINAL EXAMINATION: journal entry due; discussion of American film today and Lone Star; quiz over Lone Star, HNF, pp. 919-957, etc.