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Film as Literature (Notes for a Syllabus)

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Dec 05, 2022
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In this hypothetical course, we will be looking at film through the lens of four distinct literary forms. The curriculum consists of twenty films that demonstrate how one's cinema literacy can be enriched by borrowing the structures and conventions of written texts.

Cinema is a layered and complex language. It combines elements from all other art forms, …

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