24.264 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking

Course Description

This course examines problems in the philosophy of film as well as literature studied in relation to their making of myths. The readings and films that are discussed in this course draw upon classic myths of the western world. Emphasis is placed on meaning and technique as the basis of creative value in both media.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Videos
Death of Tristan.
Death of Tristan. (Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-107170 (b&w film copy neg.)])