GERM 315
German Film Spring 2013
Division I Writing Skills
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This course combines a survey of German film history and an introduction to visual literacy. Students will learn how to critically examine films as aesthetic media and cultural artifacts, and will explore texts and films that demonstrate and challenge the idea of a national cinema. The films we will watch include those by directors such as Rye, Wegener, Lubitsch, Wiene, Murnau, Reiniger, Sternberg, Lang, Dudow and Brecht, Siodmak, Sierck, von Baky, Riefenstahl, Staudte, Wolf, Carow, Maetzig, Reinl, Kluge, Fassbinder, Herzog, Schlöndorff, von Trotta, Farocki, Wenders, Sanders-Brahms, Buttgereit, Schlingensief, Ottinger, Tykwer, Akin, Petzold, Weingartner, Edel, Aladag, Samdereli, and others.
The Class: Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 3373
Grading: OPG
Requirements/Evaluation: papers, critiques, participation, final paper
Prerequisites: GERM 201 or the equivalent
Enrollment Preferences: the professor will decide based on the student's experience and desire to take the course
Distributions: Division I Writing Skills

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