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Fictional work that depicts life in colleges and universities, most often concentrating on athletics, socializing, fraternity or sorority life, or student escapades. This genre was most common during the 1920s and 1930s when higher education was less widespread and seemed more unusual to audiences. Feature examples: ANIMAL HOUSE (with Slapstick comedy); COLLEGE (1927) (with Comedy); THE FRESHMAN (with Comedy); FRATERNITY ROW; THE HALF-BACK (with Sports); HIGHER LEARNING (with Social problem; Ethnic); HORSE FEATHERS (with Comedy); MOST PRECIOUS THING IN LIFE (with Maternal melodrama); HOUSE PARTY (with Comedy; Ethnic); REVENGE OF THE NERDS (with Comedy); SCHOOL DAZE (with Ethnic); START CHEERING (with Comedy); A YANK AT OXFORD. TV examples: THE PAPER CHASE (with Legal).

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