Film Noir And The American Tradition (ENG-0088)

Spring 2025 · ENG 0088 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Introductory course in film noir as a distinctively American genre. Attention to its literary, historical, and social contexts; its implication in the popularization of psychoanalysis; its particular interest for psychoanalytic criticism; its importance as a site of cultural anxieties centering on sexuality, gender, and race. Readings may include novels (by authors such as Hawthorne, James, and Baldwin), theoretical essays, and works in cinema studies. Films may include works by Wilder, Preminger, Hawks, Welles, Vidor, Tourneur, Dmytryk, Mann, Lang, Kubrick, Aldrich, and Scorsese. Recommendations: ENG 1, 2 or Fulfillment of College Writing Requirement.

Course codes: ENG-0088, ENG 0088, ENG0088, ENG-88, ENG 88, ENG88, FMS-0092, FMS 0092, FMS0092, FMS-92, FMS 92, FMS92

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