Focusing principally, though not exclusively, on the film, television and music industries, in this course we will study literary and cinematic narratives dealing with fame and notoriety alongside academic and popular studies of celebrity in America in order to relate these many functions to each other in terms of both historical continuity and historical change over the course of the last century. ... Geoff King, in an astute and accessible analysis, traces the developments of the two New Hollywoods and exposes the degree to which they differ and resemble one another. ...

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Book banning has been a familiar part of the educational landscape in the twentieth century, and even such literary masterpieces as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice have not escaped the censor's wrath for their allegedly racist views. ... This literary revolution has reflected society's own loss of innocence (Day 362). ... The ratings may be evidence of Hollywood's sensitivity to its moral obligations to all audiences, but the effectiveness of the system depends, in the final analysis, on the good-faith efforts of both theater m...

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Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to liberals, they lacked analysis and a clear agenda for social change. ...

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Additionally, the use of everyday conversational speech as opposed to rhetorical or literary dialogue was employed to give it an authentic feel. ... To conservatives it was impermissible to show society's flaws so brazenly, to liberals, they lacked analysis and a clear agenda for social change. ...

• Word Count: 995
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The term 'genre' has been historically referred to as the classification of literary texts and forms. In modernity and postmodernity it has been extended beyond literary boundaries to encapsulate (among other 'art forms') the classification of film/cinema. ... 'No single interpretive procedure can ensure proper analysis of every individual work throughout an entire genre. ...

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