FS113 — What’s Love Got To Do With It?: The Hollywood Rom Com
FS 113 - What’s Love Got To Do With It?: The Hollywood Rom Com FS 113 - What’s Love Got To Do With It?: The Hollywood Rom Com 5 Credits This course will look at the various ways Hollywood represents romantic love by examining the history of romantic comedies from the 1930s to the present. Fees Quarters Typically all Day, Online Winter Day, Online Spring Day, Online Designed to Serve Student seeking humanities distribution credits and film studies majors. Active Date 20250520T14:12:08 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 38 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Humanities Area I Course Outline The course will cover these key concepts: What is a romantic comedy: This section will look at traditional structure of the rom-com from the lens of cultural critics, directors, and comedians. History of Romantic Comedies: In this section we will cover the evolution of romantic comedies especially as Hollywood tries to broaden its definition of “romantic couplings” Sub-genres of Romantic Comedies: While understanding the broad generic definitions of the rom com we will also examine various sub-genres International romantic comedies: Although the class will focus on American rom-coms, we will also look at films from outside the United States to give us a clearer perspective on the American construction of romantic love Student Learning