Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking

Death of Tristan.

Death of Tristan. (Image courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-107170 (b&w film copy neg.)])

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MIT Course Number

24.264

As Taught In

Fall 2005

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

This course examines problems in the philosophy of film as well as literature studied in relation to their making of myths. The readings and films that are discussed in this course draw upon classic myths of the western world. Emphasis is placed on meaning and technique as the basis of creative value in both media.

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Irving Singer. 24.264 Film as Visual and Literary Mythmaking. Fall 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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