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英美名著影视欣赏 Reviews on Western Films Reviews on Western Films Literature Classics Literature Classics --Nuist, 刘杰海 Sept, 2009 Course Description Course Description • This course investigates relationships between two media, film and culture, studying works linked across the two media by genre, topic, and style. Course Description Course Description • It aims to sharpen appreciation of major works of cinema and of literary narrative. Course Description Course Description • The course explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political and aesthetic boundaries. Structure and contents(1) • Unit 1: Greek, Ancient Roma and Western Civilization • 第一单元：古希腊、罗马文明与西方文明起源 Structure and contents(2) • Unit 2: Racial problems， Jews • 第二单元：种族问题，少 数族裔 Structure and contents(3) • Unit 3: Culture conflicts, assimilation and misreading 第三单元：文化冲突、融合、误读 Structure and contents(4) • Unit 4: Science, future, philosophy • 第三单元：科技，未 来，反思 Structure and contents(5) • Unit 5: Film and fiction • 第三单元：电影与文学 Structure and contents(6) • Independence film of US or China • 补充赏析：独立电影 Learning Tasks Learning Tasks • Period: 30 hrs • Credit hour: 2 hrs • For the sake of integrality, we need to watch the complete film unabridged. It’s a little bit time- and effort-consuming, but it “always worth it”. Learning Tasks Learning Tasks • Broadly speaking, it costs 2 weeks to appreciate 1 film and finish our discussion session. So we couldnt appreciate every film, we just select major works with its s