Humanities 265—1163, Pop Culture: Noir Film and Fiction

Instructor:            Greg Lyons

Meeting time:            M 5:30-6:45, W 5:30-7:30

Classroom:            Deschutes 1

Office:              Deschutes 20 (mailbox in Deschutes 12)

Office hours:     T 2-3, W 2-5, Th 11-12, and by appointment; also in Writing Lab (library), 1hr. TBA

Phone:              Office (and messages) 383-7526; fax 541-317-3062 

                        From Prineville 447-7881; Madras 475-2744; La Pine 536-8333: ext. 7526

E-mail:              1st Class Conference on campus, or glyons@cocc.edu

Materials:            Hammett, Red Harvest

                        Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice

                        Silver & Ursini, Film Noir Reader

                        films (entire or in part):  American Cinema: Film Noir, Best Years of Our

                                    Lives, The Big Heat, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Dark Passage, Detour, Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, Lone Star, The Lost Weekend, Metropolis, The Naked City, Night and the City, Night of the Hunter, Open City, Pick Up on South Street, Pitfall, Possessed, The Third Man, Touch of Evil 

                        Journal--a 3-hole paper folder for 8 1/2 X 11 paper  

Goals:               To develop a full understanding of the elements of narrative--setting, plot,

                                    character, point of view, theme, style

To develop an awareness of methods for analyzing the popular culture revealed in stories, ads, and films

To develop a full understanding of the historical and cultural background of noir characters, themes, and style:  postwar anxiety, hardboiled fiction, expressionism, neorealism

                        To introduce the technical components of the cinema:  camera work, lighting, film,

                                    editing, and sound

                        To improve critical reading and viewing skills, forming and defending personal

                                    judgments by reference to the text/film

                        To practice critical writing skills, focusing a thesis about a story or film and

                                    presenting specific evidence with clear patterns of development to support that

                                    thesis

       Humanities 262--Popular Culture: The American Western

            sec. # 1031

Instructor:         Greg Lyons

Meeting time:      MWF 11-11:50, and M 11:50-12:50 on three days for films

Meeting place:      Deschutes 1

Office:              Deschutes 20

Office hours:           M 1-3, T 2-3, W 6-7, Th 11-12, by appointment, and one hour in Writing Lab TBA

Phone:              Office (and messages) 383-7526; fax 541-317-3062 

                        From Prineville 447-7881; Madras 475-2744; La Pine 536-8333: ext. 7526

E-mail:                    1st Class Conference on campus, or glyons@cocc.edu

Materials:  James Work (ed.), Prose and Poetry of the American West

                        Jack Schaefer, Shane

                        Leslie Silko, Storyteller

                         videos: "Blood in the Dust," "The Great Movie Massacre," "Play the Legend," "The

                                    Western" 

                        films: Stagecoach, The Oxbow Incident, Tender Mercies, Blazing Saddles

                        Journal--9 X 12-inch paper folder with 2 or 3 pins

                        recordings and slides for class presentations

Goals:                     To develop a clear understanding of the elements of fiction--setting, plot, character,

                                    point of view, theme, style

                              To develop a clear understanding of methods for analyzing the popular culture

                                    revealed in stories, songs, art, and films

                              To develop an awareness of the historical development of four traditions in the

                                    American West: our relations to the land and its indigenous peoples, frontier

                                    individualism, women as "civilizers," and the ideal roles of cowboy/outlaw

                              To improve critical reading skills, forming and defending personal judgments by

                                    reference to the text

                        To practice critical writing skills, focusing a thesis about a popular "text" and

                        presenting specific evidence with clear patterns of development to support that

                        thesis

   Humanties 264--Popular Culture: The Spy Thriller

            sec. #0956

Instructor:            Greg Lyons

Meeting time:            MWF 11-11:50 am

Class room:            Deschutes 1

Office:              Deschutes 20

Office hours:     M 3-5, T 4-5, W 1-3, F 10-11, by appointment, and in Writing Lab (Jeff. 103), one hour TBA

Phone:              Office (and messages) 541-383-7526; fax 541-317-3062 

            From Prineville 447-7881; Madras 475-2744; La Pine 536-8333: ext. 7526

E-mail:  Via COCC Conferencing from campus or modem or glyons@

Materials:         Ian Fleming, Casino Royale

            Graham Greene, The Quiet American

            John le Carre, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

            Francis Cliford, The Naked Runner

                  The Spy Thriller: Readings (course packet)

            films for viewing in class and on reserve

            Journal--a 3-hole paper folder for 8 1/2 X 11 paper      

Goals:               To develop a clear understanding of the elements of fiction--setting, plot, character,

                                    point of view, theme, style

            To develop a clear understanding of methods for analyzing the popular culture

                    revealed in stories, ads, and films

                  To develop an awareness of the historical variations on the spy figure, including adventurer,

                        superhero, traitor, Cold War ideologue, and morally ambiguous gamesman

                        To improve critical reading skills, forming and defending personal judgments by

                                    reference to the text

            To practice critical writing skills, focusing a thesis about a story or film and

                    presenting specific evidence with clear patterns of development to support that

                    thesis

        TRAVEL LITERATURE

HUM 266-1049

Instructor:            Greg Lyons

Meeting time:            MWF 11-11:50

Class room:            Des. 1

Office:              Deschutes 20

Office hours:            MW 10-11, TR 4-5:30, and by appointment; also in   Writing Lab F 10-11

Phone:              Office (and messages) 383-7526; fax 541-317-3062 

From Prineville 447-7881; Madras 475-2744; La Pine 536-8333: ext. 7526

E-mail:              1st Class Conference on campus, or glyons@cocc.edu

Materials:              Fussell (ed.), The Norton Book of Travel

                        Hansen, Motoring with Mohammed

                        Travel (course packet in bookstore)

                        Journal--a 9 X 12 paper folder to bind lined notepaper or wordprocessed printout      

                        videos for viewing in class

Goals:               To develop a clear understanding of methods for analyzing the popular culture

                              revealed in stories, videos, films, and advertising

                        To apply critical perspectives for understanding travel as geographical discovery,

                  personal narrative, anthropological inquiry, and sociopolitical criticism about stories that represent peoples and places as "other" or "exotic"

                  To develop an awareness of the varieties of travel experience

                  To improve critical reading skills, forming and defending personal judgments by

                        reference to the text.

                  To practice critical writing skills, focusing a thesis about the narratives of story, film,

                        video and/or advertisement and presenting specific evidence with clear patterns of       development to support that thesis

URL of this webpage:  http://www.cocc.edu/humanities/courses/pop/competencies.htm