GERST 4100

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GERST 4100
The Seminar

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

Topic: German Film from Weimar to Present: As the quintessential medium of modernity, film has played a central role in shaping national identities and creating imagined communities. At the same time, it remains closely connected to notions of universal communication, multicultural representation, and movements in global cinema. Moving between the national and the transnational, this course will examine the development of German cinema from the Weimar Republic to the present. With an emphasis on historical, economic, and social contexts, we will discuss classic feature films including Caligari, Der blaue Engel, Angst essen Seele auf, Die bleierne Zeit, Lola rennt, Good Bye, Lenin!, and Gegen die Wand. Student research will delve further into German cinema's longstanding preoccupation with history and tradition, its provisional answers to questions of race, class, and gender, and its ongoing negotiation of local, regional, national, and global cultures.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: standard German proficiency as required for this level: any German course at the 3200-3499-level or equivalent.

Distribution Category (LA-AS, ALC-AS)
Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Comments Taught in German. The Seminar is a requirement of the German Studies major, but is open to all students who have met the prerequisites. The course has a research component, including poster presentations of all final projects, and is taught each fall by a faculty member in the Department of German Studies on a topic of their expertise.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: German Film from Weimar to Present

  •  4279 GERST 4100   SEM 101

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    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020

    • Born, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Taught in German. Satisfies Option 1. Prerequisites: standard German proficiency as required for this level: any German course at the 3200-3499-level or equivalent. The Seminar is a requirement of the German Studies major, but is open to all students who have met the prerequisites. The course has a research component, including poster presentations of all final projects, and is taught each fall by a faculty member in the Department of German Studies on a topic of their expertise.