The requirements for the class were not set at press time, but tentatively include two exams, most likely take-home, as well as a possible paper.

Afro-Am 154z meets Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m.

Beyond Hollywood

Before the sun rises above the Hollywood Hills, filmmakers are finishing a hard day's work in countries around the world.

Visual and Environmental Studies 157r: "Classics of World Cinema: The First Half Century" will give you the chance to look at a host of great films you've probably never seen, by directors like Bunuel, Ozu, Mizoguchi, Vertov and Rossellini.

And if the requirements are as manageable as they were in Visiting Lecturer on VES Charles Warren's class on American film last semester, VES 157r will give you the chance to sit back and enjoy the show.

Readings include several collections of essays on film theory from the French and Soviet traditions, and a large volume called A Short History of the Movies, featuring sections on film figures from Buster Keaton to David Lynch.

VES 157r meets Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m., with two required film screenings per week.

Czech it Out

Fans of Milan Kundera should check out the latest offering from Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities Alfred Thomas, known in some circles for his cult favorite class "Slavic Science Fiction."

This semester, Thomas presents Slavic 132: "Post-War Czech Prose Fiction and Drama," examining the development of Czech literature-novel, short story and drama-from the Communist Bloc days of the 1950s to the newly capitalized present.

The class reads three works by Kundera, in addition to screening the film version of his The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Other authors featured include Josef Skvorecky and Czech President Vaclav Havel.

Among the provocative titles on the reading list: Closely Watched Trains, I Served the King of England, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Cowards and Axe.

Slavic 132 meets Mondays from 1 to 3 p.m.

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