CHID 250 B: Special Topics: Introduction to the History of Ideas

"MONSTERS ON/OFF SCREEN: HORROR GENRE AND BEYOND" (VLPA) THIS COURSE EXAMINES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HORROR GENRE ACROSS CONTEMPORARY CINEMATIC LANDSCAPES. OUR MAPPING OF THE HORROR GENRE WILL FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON ITS CONNECTIONS TO SHIFTS IN SOCIAL-CULTURAL PHENOMENON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLEX INTERACTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT WAVES OF HUMAN OCCUPATION AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. WE WILL TRACE THE SPECTACLE EMBODIED BY THESE MONSTERS PARTICULARLY WITH A FEMINIST APPROACH AS A WAY OF CONSIDERING THE CINEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MONSTERS IN TERMS OF SOCIAL HIERARCHY, AESTHETIC FORM, AND IDEOLOGY. STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN OPPORTUNITIES WITH FILM SCREENINGS AT SAM'S AND MOPOP OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING