German Studies 232WC - Tut.: Comedy in German Film
Spring
2016
01
2.00
Gabriele Davis
-;W 07:15PM-10:00PM
Mount Holyoke College
95520
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gdavis@mtholyoke.edu
We discuss selected film comedies in German from GRMST-231WC taught in English, Haunted Utopia? Weimar Cinema, as well additional films and TV-clips from contemporary German public media. The role of language in comedy should be particularly critical for us because of the issue of (un)translatability. Furthermore, our focus is on in-depth discussion and diverse readings of the films. All students will create a critique as an oral presentation in the form of a brief (1-2 page) position paper. This Thesenpapier will state the overall concept (Hauptthese), outline major arguments (Thesen) in bullet form and end with a stimulus for plenary discussion.
Prereq: Intermediate-level German and above.; Coreq: GRMST-232WCL.
Taught in German and taken with GRMST-231WC. For German language D and German Studies credit, 232 and all major written work for 231 must also be completed in German. Your total load in 231 is adjusted commensurately so that all course members can benefit
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.