Fall 2017  |  GER 3604W Section 001: Introduction to German Cinema (34544)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon 05:00PM - 09:00PM
UMTC, East Bank
Nicholson Hall 125
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
An introduction to the study of German cinema, with a focus on the relation between German film and German history, literature, culture, and politics.
Class Notes:
Time includes film showing. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mccor001+GER3604W+Fall2017
Class Description:
This is an introductory course in German cinema, one of the most influential national cinemas. The films to be studied include classic films like Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) from the "golden age" of German cinema during the 1920s; the infamous, anti-Semitic Nazi melodrama, Jew Suess (Veit Harlan, 1940); Wolfgang Staudte's The Murderers Are Among Us (1946) the very first postwar German film, made in the rubble of Berlin; I Was 19 (1967), an antifascist film made by East Germany's Konrad Wolf; examples of the "New German Cinema," films exploring the political and psychological trauma of 20th century German history by West German directors like Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta in the 1970s & 1980s; and some popular feature films made in the two decades since reunification in 1990, such as the international hits Run, Lola, Run (1998) and The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite, 2007), Turkish-German director Fatih Akin's transnational film about crossing borders. German 3604 meets the Arts & Humanities core requirement. In this course you will engage in detailed analysis of and reflection on exemplary works of the German cinema. Through engaging in class discussion, small group work, class presentations, web responses on Moodle, and in writing two 5-10 pp. essays, you will engage in critical evaluation of the films we will study; this is the work that film scholars do, and you will be introduced to it. As part of the work of critical evaluation, you will also examine how these films relate to the cultural and historical context in which they arose. Thus the course also meets the Liberal Education theme of Global Perspectives. The course clearly focuses on the world beyond the U.S. through its focus on Germany. The course is designated as Writing Intensive as well.
Grading:
60% Reports/Papers
20% Written Homework
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation Other Grading Information: 30% for each of two papers Written homework = weekly web responses on Moodle. Participation grade includes attendance.
Exam Format:
Essay
Class Format:
20% Lecture
40% Film/Video
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
Workload:
20-30 Pages Reading Per Week
10-20 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Presentation(s)
15 Homework Assignment(s)
Other Workload: Formal writing: Two 5-10 pp. papers. Informal writing / homework: web responses on Moodle, ca. 1p. per week for 15 weeks.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34544/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
13 July 2017

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