"Boy meets girl" has long been a classic starting point, in both literature and the movies. This course will focus on romantic comedy in American cinema, with significant looks backward to its literary sources. We will view films from the classic era of Hollywood (It Happened One Night, The Awful Truth), the revisionist comedies of the 1970s and beyond (Annie Hall, My Best Friend's Wedding), and recent romantic comedies that extend our sense of the possibilities of the genre (Appropriate Behavior, Medicine for Melancholy). We will also read one or two Shakespeare plays, and a Jane Austen novel, to deepen our understanding of the literary precedents that inform romantic comedy onscreen.

Units: 1

Max Enrollment: 15

Prerequisites: None. Open to First-Years only.

Degree Requirements: WFY - First Year Writing

Semesters Offered this Academic Year: Fall; Spring

Notes: No letter grades given.