SOC 358: Film & Society Course Reading Links for Fall 2020

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Course Calendar

8/25 Introduction: The Intersection of Fantasy and Reality 

Reading, On the Wings of a Fantasy & Captain Quark 01

Film: The Wizard of Oz 


9/1 Lecture: The 1940s

Reading, What’s the Big Deal? & Captain Quark 02

Film: Casablanca


9/8 Lecture: The 1950s

Reading, Shaking Up the Status Quo & Captain Quark 03

Film: On the Waterfront


9/15 Lecture: The 1950s

Reading, The Art of the Chase & Captain Quark 04

Film: North by Northwest


9/22 Lecture: The 1960s

Reading, Little Big Man 

Film: The Graduate


9/22 First Take-Home Exam Due at the Beginning of Class


9/29 Lecture: The 1960s

Reading, JFK’s Lunar Problematic & Captain Quark 05

Film: Dr. Strangelove


10/6 Lecture: The 1970s

Reading, A Fight to the Death & Captain Quark 06

Film: Three Days of the Condor


10/13 Lecture: The 1970s

Reading, Never Another Like It & Captain Quark 07

Film: Apocalypse Now


10/20 Lecture: 1980s

Reading, Orwell’s Nightmare

Film: Absence of Malice


10/27 Second Take-Home Exam Due at the Beginning of Class


10/27 Lecture: The 1990s

Reading, A Film for the Ages & Captain Quark 08

Film: Wag the Dog 


11/3 Lecture: The 2000s

Reading, Just Another Day in America & Captain Quark 09

Film: Crash 


11/10 Lecture: The 2010s

Reading, Beam Use the Weapon & Captain Quark 0T

Film: Arrival


11/17 Lecture: The 2010s

Reading, Famous Obscurity 

Film: Searching for Sugar Man


11/23-27 THANKSGIVING BREAK


12/1 Lecture: The 2010s

Reading, Damaged Goods & Captain Quark 0&

Film: Silver Linings Playbook


12/11
Submit Final Exam by 5pm on Friday, 12/11

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