The Film Concentration for
Salisbury University English Majors
The Film Concentration is an option for
Salisbury English Majors who wish to learn more about the medium of film.
In these courses, students study the history of the medium, from its
invention to the present day; international cinemas, from New Zealand to
Hong Kong to Russia to France; the origins of the Classic Hollywood studio
system and its evolution into its present-day incarnation; independent film;
the genres that have shaped film; the relationship between literature and
film; and many critical and theoretical approaches to film, such as
psychoanalytic theories, gender-based approaches, considerations of race,
postcolonial theories, realist theories, and the idea of the auteur.
Students write regular essays, attend weekly screenings, and engage in
lively class discussions about the cinema. When you graduate, you
should have a much broader appreciation for the various histories, cultures,
and ideas that have inflected the development of film as we know it today.