Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-27    Course Name: History of World Cinema

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 The Birth and Beginning of Cinema: Films in Early Years 1895-1915; Representative Cinematic Movements: German Expressionism, Italian Neo-Realism, French New Wave, Bollywood Parallel Cinema and Third Cinema
2 Issues of Concerns in Cinema: Freedom of Expression and Cinema; Social Responsibilities and Cinema; Objectification and Dehumanization in Cinema; Globalization and the World of Cinema
3 The World of Cinema at a Glance: Broader Forms of Cinema – Short Films, Documentaries, Animated Films, Cult Films; History of Cinema Awards – Oscar; History of Film Studios; Understanding Major Film Makers – Study Any Four Hollywood Makers and their Films
4 The Hindustani Cinema: Beginning in the Colonial Age: Early Film Makers and Forms and Content of the Early Cinema; Post-1947 Hindustani Cinema: Evolution, Ideology, Culture and Nation; The New Wave Cinema; Changing Representations of Gender, Class and Caste; Social and Cultural Contours of Hindustani Cinema in the Age of Globalization
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