Mar 17, 2026  
Whittier College 2024-2025 
    
Whittier College 2024-2025 ARCHIVED CATALOG

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THEA 480 - Film Theory & Criticism


Provides students with an overview of major film theories and critical writings that have shaped discussion of film for the past 100 years. Frameworks examined will include those provided by auteur, psychoanalytic, postmodern, feminist, Marxist, and queer theories. Critical analysis through writing and class discussion will be a central feature of the course.

Pre-req: THEA 170  
Cross-listed with FILM 480  
3 credits



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