An introduction to film narrative. The major emphasis will be on the formal properties of film as a medium for telling stories, but attention will also be given to theoretical accounts of the nature of cinema and of the viewer's relation to it, to genre, and to significant developments in the history of cinema. Students will view films by such directors as Keaton, Eisenstein, Welles, Renoir, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, and Scorsese. A lecture course, supplemented with occasional discussion classes. Critical readings will be assigned. Requirements: two papers, a midterm exam, and a final exam. No prerequisites. Enrollment limited to 80, with preference to students as follows: (1) English majors; (2) sophomores; (3) junior non-majors; (4) senior non-majors; (5) first-year students. (Post-1900)