First-Year Writing Seminar (101-8-23)

Topic

Hitchcock and Beyond

Instructors

James Joseph Hodge
847 4915675
University Hall Room 408

Meeting Info

University Hall 418: Tues, Thurs 9:30AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

This writing-intensive course focuses on a number of classics by cinema's "master of suspense," Alfred Hitchcock. Films to be studied include Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho, and North by Northwest, among others. We will also discuss Hitchcock's legacy and influence. The broad goal of the course is to introduce students to the conventions and rigors of humanistic forms of evidence-based argumentation and analysis. We will accomplish this by focusing locally on the ways film style affects the treatment of key themes across Hitchcock's filmography: from mistaken identity and sexual politics to horror and voyeurism.

Teaching Method

Discussion, Short Lecture.

Evaluation Method

Analytical Writing.

Class Materials (Required)

All available via pdf.

Class Attributes

WCAS Writing Seminar