HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES UNIT HUMANITIES COURSE SYLLABUS History of the Caribbean: LAC 108 Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00AM-12:15PM Professor: Ana Ozuna‚ Ph.D. Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday‚ 2:00PM-3:30PM Office: C-417 E-mail: aozuna@hostos.cuny.edu Tel.: 718-518-6852 REQUIRED TEXTS Palmié‚ S.‚ & Scarano‚ F. A. (Eds.). (2011) The Caribbean‚ a History of the Region and Its Peoples. Chicago: UP Chicago. ISBN-13: 978-0226645087 Handouts
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life of man has grown complex‚ full of worries‚ cares and anxieties. The mechanized Way of life has bred monotony‚ therefore his modes of entertainment have also undergone revolutionary change. The latest and the most popular form of recreation is Cinema. Its phenomenal popularity and development is due to its mass appeal and that it is well within the financial limitation of common man. The people belonging to different walks of life patronize it and find it equal to their varied Interests. The
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Introduction 2. American Cinema 3. The earliest history of film 4. The growth of the film industry 5. Popcorn 6. The Oscar 7. Hollywood Introduction I’m a cinema goer. And also I like watching films on TV or video. But I think‚ that watching a good film is the best relaxation. It is thought-provoking and entertaining. Now a growing number of people prefer watching films on TV to attending cinemas. There are wonderful comedies
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to prove your point. The Philippine film industry‚ considered by many critics‚ producers‚ directors‚ movie workers‚ is either slowly but surely dying or is already dead. Notice the use of the term "Philippine film industry" instead of "Philippine cinema." This is such for the main reason that the people who deem filmmaking in the Philippines dead‚ qualify their assumption based on box-office returns and the profit their movies make. Hence it is more apt to use the term film industry since what they
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The Seven Years War Also known as the French and Indian War began in 1756. However‚ there were disputes over territories in the North American colonies between the British and French even before the war began. The British colonies tried several times to reclaim territories in the Ohio Valley‚ from the French who had built forts in the area. After having failed to reclaim these territories‚ Britain finally used their prominent Navy to cut off the French colonies from receiving any supplies or reinforcements
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The Seven Years’ War or the French and Indian War beginning in 1754 refers to the struggle over land around the Ohio River Valley between French and Indians allies against Britain and the colonies. The French surrendered with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 but soon after a greater conflict‚ one between the colonies and its mother country began to brew. Despite the renewed sense of British pride in colonists after the victory‚ American and British tensions during the war‚ the oppressive way Britain treated
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Is the future of cinema a secure one? Support your case by discussing five major trends that you believe will affect the future of the sector. INTRODUCTION The growing socio-economic importance of the entertainment industry‚ especially the public entertainment in this current global climate cannot be overemphasised. The hype that is consistently generated by the cinema industry is promoting the much needed positive synergy in the society‚ as the masses attempt to climbs out of the glooms of the
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background of the art of film in the Philippines. It provides insights on how the Philippine film has influenced Philippine culture and vice-versa. This is done by documenting the important events and important films in the area of film for the past ninety years. Second‚ it intends to explain the different trends and styles common in the Philippine film. And finally‚ it concludes with an analysis on how two important events in history‚ namely World War II and Martial Law altered the course of contemporary
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The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2‚500 years. While performative elements are present in every society‚ it is customary to acknowledge a distinction between theatre as an art form[->1] and entertainment and theatrical or performative elements in other activities. The history of theatre is primarily concerned with the origin and subsequent development of the theatre as an autonomous activity. Since classical Athens] in the 6th century BCE‚ vibrant traditions of
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Nicoară Cosmin – CFM RO – an 1 European cinema is more complex than American cinema. The above statement does not entirely reflect the reality. At the level of creative expressions‚ the relationship between these two continents has always been‚ to say the very least‚ a two-way road. The exchanges concerning Hollywood and the international cinema scene are long-standing and deeply rooted. During the formation of classical Hollywood cinema‚ many of its key architects were in fact European emigrants
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