Course Description

FS350 Film Musical /Musical Film 0.5

A study of the film musical as a genre of contesting themes, such as utopianism, technology, romance, domesticity and the family, gender, sexuality, Hollywoodism, nationalism and race. Related topics addressing these themes might include: film adaptations of stage musicals, music videos, the influence of music and musical forms on film narrative.

3 lecture/tutorial hours, 2 film-viewing hours

DRAFT electronic version updated at 1:45 p.m. January 30, 2003

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