study the evolution of a genre and describe how and why this genre has changed over time.

For this assignment, you will study the evolution of a genre, in the way that we have been studying the Detective Thriller in class. Working with two thematically linked films in your genre from different periods and outside research from at least three sources to help you identify the genre’s history, myths, conventions, and iconography, you will develop a thesis about the genre and how it works across time and in an ever-changing culture. Your paper should consider how genre creates meaning in these two films and how this reflects a larger argument about the genre’s relation to the culture in which it is produced (both the U.S. social culture and the Hollywood industry).