FYE 101 - Life in 24 Frames per Second

Human beings are narrative creatures. We have always told stories as a way of understanding ourselves and the world around us. The common themes of these stories provide the broad outlines of a common human experience, while their variety embodies the richness of imagination and lived experience. Over the millennia, these stories have been told around campfires, acted out in ritual and theatre, and recorded in texts. In the past 120 years, film has become a powerful new way for human beings to tell and share stories. With the advent of film, people from vastly different cultures could see and hear each other’s stories with a new immediacy. In this course, students will examine the phenomenon of human storytelling by learning to “read” films and connect them to cultural and historical contexts. By engaging films and other texts, students will be able to draw connections, make interpretive arguments, and share what they have learned in oral and written presentations.

Credits 1

Compass Attributes
First Year Experience