CP 4040: The City in Fiction and Film
Objectives
Examines images and perceptions of the urban environment as portrayed in literature and cinema. Explores the social, economic and cultural context within which these images were created, their historic evolution, and their impact on modern conceptions of the city.
Course Schedule
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Modern City: Urban Form and Scale, Livability and Opportunity, Conformity and Creativity
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Course Introduction: Our Love/Hate relationship with the City
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The Mechanized City
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Issues of Scale: Small Town vs. Big City
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Cities to Suburbs: Paradise of the American Dream
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Cities to Suburbs: Parody of the American Dream
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Urban Issues
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Crime and Corruption
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Race and Place
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Inequality and Isolation
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The Upperclass and the Underclass
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Dynamic Opportunity
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Diversity and Conflict
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Postmodern Visions
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Postindustrialism
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Future Film Noir
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Student presentations