my department at michigan state university has a film studies major in the english dept itself. it is not simply a question of film courses, but an actual major within the dept. i wonder how many others have this arrangement; and i suppose that if professor gershovich wanted to contact the co-chairs of the film program, he could do so. i imagine it is a rarity to have this arrangement instead of a separate dept or a dept in a com arts program ken harrow At 03:26 PM 7/24/2006, you wrote: >I'm not sure if there any many recent and comprehensive studies of >these kinds, but a starting place might be guide to teaching film >published by the Modern Language Association and edited by Gerald >Mast. It provides a brief essays on different aspects of teaching >film within the English curriculum. It's now out of print, but I >recall seeing a notice that a new version of a similar book for MLA >is in the works. > >Don Larsson > >----------------------------------------------- >"Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a >luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the >beginning of consciousness to the end." --Virginia Woolf > > >Donald F. Larsson >Department of English, AH 230 >Minnesota State University >Mankato, MN 56001 >[log in to unmask] >Office Phone: 507-389-2368 > > >________________________________ > >From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of Mikhail Gershovich >Sent: Mon 7/24/2006 9:25 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [SCREEN-L] Film study in the discipline of English > > > >Can anyone direct me scholarly materials on the development of film study >within English departments? > >I'm especially interested in 1) histories of film study as situated within >English departments and 2) perspectives on the role of film studies within >the broader function of the college English department (as the locus of >literary study, composition instruction, etc.) > >Mikhail Gershovich > >---- >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > >---- >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html Kenneth W. Harrow Professor of English Michigan State University [log in to unmask] 517 353-7243 fax 353 3755 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html