24.209 | Spring 2004 | Undergraduate

Philosophy In Film and Other Media

Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction

Sturges. The Lady Eve.

 
2 Singer. Reality Transformed.

The Lady Eve commentary.

 
3 Singer. “Imagination” and “Idealization.”

Jeunet. Amélie.

 
4 James. Washington Square.

Holland. Washington Square.

 
5 Singer. “Consummation.”

Wyler. The Heiress.

 
6 Shaw. Pygmalion. (Including the prose Epilogue.)

Asquith. Pygmalion.

 
7 Bédier. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult.

Delannoy. The Eternal Return.

 
8 James. The Turn of the Screw.

Weigl. The Turn of the Screw.

 
9 Singer. “Alfred Hitchcock.”

Hitchcock. Vertigo.

First paper due
10 Joyce. “The Dead.”

Huston. The Dead.

 
11 Singer. “The Meaning of Death” and “The Love of Life.”

Bergman. The Seventh Seal.

 
12 Discussion of Previous Readings and Screenings Second paper due

Course Info

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Spring 2004
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Videos
Written Assignments with Examples