Kathryn Kalinak

Craig-Lee Hall (CL) 363 (401) 456-8669 (401) 456-8028 kkalinak@ric.edu

Academic Background

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Courses Taught

ART 590 Directed Graduate Study
ARTM 590 Directed Study Media Studies
ARTM 691 Thesis in Media Studies
ENGL 116 Approach To Film & Film Criticism
ENGL 202 Introduction To Literary Study II
ENGL 460 Seminar In Major Authors & Themes
ENGL 591 Directed Reading
FILM 220 History of Film I
FILM 262 Film & Represnt: Cross Clt Proj
FILM 351 Major Directors
FILM 353 National Cinemas
FILM 550 Topics

Background

Dr. Kathryn Kalinak teaches in the English Department and the Film Studies Program, where her teaching interests include silent film, film music, and Disney. Dr. Kalinak has published numerous articles on film music and is the author of the book Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film (Wisconsin University Press, 1992). She is currently at work on a book on music in the western entitled How the West Was Sung.

HOW THE WEST WAS SUNG: MUSIC IN THE WESTERNS OF JOHN FORD (University
of California Press, 2007)

James Stewart once said, "For John Ford, there was no need for dialogue. The music said it all." HOW THE WEST WAS SUNG is a comprehensive analysis of the music in Ford's iconic westerns. Employing a variety of critical approaches and incorporating original archival research, the book explores the director's oft-noted predilection for American folk song, hymnody, and period music.