1/12

Intro: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”

1/17

Discussion: The Lodger (1927); Wood, “Retrospective”; and Brill, “Hitchcock’s The Lodger” (in A Hitchcock Reader) 

1/19

Discussion: The Lodger (1927) cont’d

1/24

Discussion: Blackmail (1929); Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” (OAKS) Modleski, Introduction and Chapter 1 (study guide question #1 response due)

1/26

Discussion: Blackmail (1929) cont’d; Gottlieb, “Hitchcock’s Silent Cinema” (OAKS)

1/31

Discussion: Rebecca (1940); Modleski, chapter 3 (study guide question #3 response due)

2/2

Discussion: Rebecca (1940) cont’d

2/7

Discussion: Shadow of a Doubt (1943); McLaughlin, “All in the Family” (in A Hitchcock Reader) 

2/9

Discussion: Shadow of a Doubt (1943) cont’d

2/14

Discussion: Notorious (1946); Modleski, chapter 4 (study guide question #1 response due)

2/16

Discussion: Notorious (1946) cont’d

2/21

Discussion: Rope (1948); Miller, “Anal Rope”  (OAKS); recommended: Modleski, p. 137

2/23

Discussion: Rope (1948) cont’d; Lawrence, “American Shame” (OAKS); short essay due (in OAKS) by midnight

2/28

Discussion: Strangers on a Train (1951); Wood, “Strangers on a Train” (in A Hitchcock Reader); Corber, “Hitchcock’s Washington” (OAKS) & online presentation (OAKS)

3/2

Strangers on a Train (1951) cont’d; discussion question (OAKS) — CLASS WILL BE ONLINE, ASYNCHRONOUS

3/7

No class: Spring Break

3/9

No class: Spring Break

3/14

Discussion: North by Northwest (1959)

3/16

Discussion: North by Northwest (1959) cont’d; Cohan, “The Spy in the Gray Flannel Suit”  (OAKS)

3/21

Discussion: Rear Window (1954); Stam & Pearson, “Hitchcock’s Rear Window” (in A Hitchcock Reader) and Modleski, chapter 5 (study guide question #1 response due)

3/23

Discussion: Rear Window (1954) cont’d

3/28

Discussion: Vertigo (1958); Wood, “Male Desire, Male Anxiety” (in A Hitchcock Reader); Modleski, chapter 6 (study guide question due: choose question #1 OR #2)

3/30

Discussion: Vertigo (1958) cont’d

4/4

Discussion: Psycho (1960) class visit, David Greven; read Greven, “The Death Mother,” from Intimate Violence (e-book); recommended: A Hitchcock Reader, part 5 (“A Psycho Dossier”)

4/6

Discussion: Psycho (1960) cont’d

4/11

Discussion: The Birds (1963): Horwitz, “The Birds: A Mother’s Love” and Edelman, “No Future” (both on OAKS)

4/13

Discussion: The Birds (1963) cont’d

4/18

Discussion: Marnie (1964); Piso, “Mark’s Marnie”; and Knapp, “Queer Marnie” (in A Hitchcock Reader, chapters 21 and 22)

4/20

Discussion: Marnie (1964) cont’d; Modleski, 1^st Afterword (“Hitchcock’s Daughters”) and 2^nd Afterword (“Resurrection of a Hitchcock Daughter” –  (study guide question #1 response due)

4/25

Outro: “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”