Required Books and Films
Required Books:
- James McPherson. Into the West (ISBN 9780689865435)
- David Lusted. The Western (ISBN 9780582437364)
- Richard Slotkin. Gunfighter Nation (ISBN 9780060975753)
Other readings will be posted on the password protected site and may include passages from:
- Thomas Schatz. Hollywood Film Genres
- Henry Nash Smith. Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth
- Richard White. It’s Your Misfortune and None of my Own and Railroaded
- Coen Brothers screenplay. No Country For Old Men
- Patrick McGee. From Shane to Kill Bill: Rethinking the Western
- Tompkins, Jane. West of Everything
- Limerick, Patricia. The Legacy of Conquest
- Owen Wister. The Virginian
- Mark Twain. Roughing It
Films under consideration:
- Stagecoach
- Red River
- The Searchers
- High Noon
- Shane
- High Plains Drifter
- A Fistful of Dollars
- Dances with Wolves
- Little Big Man
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Unforgiven
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- The Wild Bunch
- Brokeback Mountain
- Heartland
- No Country for Old Men
- True Grit (both versions)
- Cold Mountain