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Avant-Garde Cinema: 1900-1950 - SAHT2663
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Faculty: College of Fine Arts
 
 
School:  School of Art History and Art Education
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/schools/arthistorytheory
 
 
Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This screenings course will survey avant-garde cinema of the first half of the Twentieth Century. It will include historical and theoretical examination of Abstract Cinema, Dada and Surrealist film, Soviet Cinema, German Expressionism, Impressionist film, and avant-garde film of the U.S. The course will give students grounding in the early history of avant-garde cinema, framed by key film theories.

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