FILM 225 Film Noir
This course will explore the literary and cinematic world of film noir, a critical term that refers to certain American films of the 1940s and 1950s and to American detective fiction of the same period, so called roman noir. The class will examine classic, cinematic examples of the genre of film noir, read a number of canonical detective novels, and investigate the historical context out of which the fiction and films emerged.
Hours Weekly
3 hours weekly