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Week 1 (Jan. 23 – 25)

Week 1: Introduction

• General introduction
  • What is cinema?
  • The road movie genre
  • The website of the class
    • The syllabus
  • The instructor and the students
• Assignments (due Feb. 3)
  • Films: watch It Happened One Night (dir. Frank Capra, 1934)
  • Viewing Notes: inside your Google Docs file, post your notes on It Happened One Night (dir. Frank Capra, 1934)
  • Readings: read the excerpts posted inside Week 2: “It Happened One Night” (1934)

Week 2 (Jan. 30 – Feb. 1)

Week 2: “It Happened One Night” (1934)

• Presentation of It Happened One Night (dir. Frank Capra, 1934)
  • The main themes, the style
  • Analysis of select scenes
• Assignments (due Feb. 10)
  • Films: watch Detour (dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
  • Viewing Notes: inside your Google Docs file, post your notes on Detour (dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
  • Readings: read the excerpts posted inside Week 3: “Detour” (1945)

Week 3 (Feb. 6 – 8)

Week 3: “Detour” (1945)

• Presentation of Detour (dir. Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
  • The main themes, the style
  • Analysis of select scenes
• Assignments (due Feb. 17)
  • Films: watch The Hitch-Hiker (dir. Ida Lupino, 1953)
  • Viewing Notes: inside your Google Docs file, post your notes on The Hitch-Hiker (dir. Ida Lupino, 1953)
  • Readings: read the excerpts posted inside Week 4: “The Hitch-Hiker” (1953)

Week 4 (Feb. 13 – 15)

Week 4: “The Hitch-Hiker” (1953)