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HIS 241 - History and Horror (History Cornerstone)

Three Credits
Fall Semester

An examination of the history of horror films. This course is an excursion that will compare and contrast the fictional world of the macabre with the historical realities that form and challenge our social and cultural lives. With the aid of film, this course will analyze the phenomenon of the horror genre down through the ages.

General Education Attribute(s): History Cornerstone
Course Applies to: Cinema Studies
Note: Considered United States or European History.
Course is the equivalent to HIS 141. Students may not take both HIS 141 (FYS) and HIS 241.

          Thematic Approaches: Race, Ethnicity, Justice; Crisis and Conflict; Ideas, Values, Beliefs; Culture, Class, Society