Fall 2025 Film AF5136 section 001

American Film: Film Noir

Call Number 13371
Day & Time
Location
M 10:10am-1:55pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor James A Schamus
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course surveys the American film genre known as film noir, focusing primarily on the genre’s heyday in the 1940s and early 1950s, taking into account some of its antecedents in the hard-boiled detective novel, German Expressionism, and the gangster film, among other sources. We will consider a wide variety of critical and theoretical approaches to the genre, and will also study a number of film noir adaptations and their literary sources.

Web Site Vergil
Department Film
Enrollment 4 students (10 max) as of 5:06PM Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Subject Film
Number AF5136
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Open To Schools of the Arts
Fee $75 Film Course Fee
Section key 20253FILM5136R001