HIS 363 SUNY at Stony Brook American Cinema Essay Write an essay in response to one of the following questions (4-5 pages). ‘Discuss the extent to whic

HIS 363 SUNY at Stony Brook American Cinema Essay Write an essay in response to one of the following questions (4-5 pages).

‘Discuss the extent to which American cinema changed its approach to war between the 1950s and the present’.

‘Discuss the extent to which American cinema changed its approach to revolution between the 1950s and the present’.

To support your claims, you need to include the following:

1. Explicit reference to topics discussed by Mark Cousins in chapters 6 to 10 of his book.

2. Discussion of at least three films from the ‘films for suggested viewing list’ in the syllabus (weeks IV to VI). This discussion should consider the way in which war or revolution affect the plot, setting and/or characters of the selected films.

3. Discussion of ideas or themes from Martin Scorsese’s article on Marvel movies and cinema (Blackboard).

4. Reference to the introduction to Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes to give your discussion additional historical context or perspective. You should do this even if the films you selected are not set in the twentieth century.

5. Reference to one external source (do this only if you feel that your analysis requires it).

Guidelines

Unless I specify it in the question, you may only use readings from the course to complete this exam. External sources are not allowed.

Responses must be typed in 12 pt. font (Times), double-spaced with 1-inch margins.

Your response to the essay portion of the exam must include an original title (not simply, “Paper” or “Essay”), and page numbers.

All direct quotations and references to other authors’ ideas require citations. In the case of this exam, this means citing Mark Cousins’ or Hobsbawm’s book. My preference is for Chicago Style when citing all sources (this is required of History Majors). Please refer to the website of the Chicago Manual of Style Online for details on how to cite sources in Chicago Style. You may use the following link to get there: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citation…. Please note that there are two different ways of doing your citations in this style, one is the “notes and bibliography” style and the other one is the “author-date” style. You may use either.