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ENGL 381 A: Advanced Expository Writing

21st Century Film Writing: The New Auteur as Master Collaborator

Meeting Time: 
MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm
Location: 
LOW 220
SLN: 
13967

Additional Details:

This course uses the figure of the auteur as an access point into the examination, and rigorous development, of writerly style. Great films no doubt bear the signature of their director but as narrative works of composition are impossible without cinematographers, set designers, and of course, screenwriters. Consequently, when directors construct a visual language to re-imagine and possibly change the culture, they are working with both an individual vision and a collective design. Similarly, our own writing in this course emerges from deeply felt and imagined experience, audience awareness, and our ability to trust our peer editors. Among the films viewed are Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love and Sophia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. The course is organized in a workshop format, which means frequent writing and revision, in preparation for film reviews, critiques, and comparative essays.

Because this course fulfills the “C” (composition) requirement, you will produce 25-30 pages of writing, some of which will undergo a revision process. The course grade will be based on writing assignments and in-class participation.

Catalog Description: 
Concentration on the development of prose style for experienced writers.
GE Requirements: 
English Composition (C)
Status: 
Active
Last updated: 
October 5, 2016 - 9:14pm
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