German Studies 300vk - Topics in German Studies-Vom Krieg Zum Konsens: German Film Since 1945
T-VomKrieg ZumKonsens:Film1945
Fall
2023
01
4.00
Victoria I Rizo Lenshyn
TU TH 1:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Smith College
GER-300vk-01-202401
Hatfield 204
vrizolenshyn@smith.edu
This course investigates German film culture since the fall of the Third Reich. Included are works by Fatih Akin, Michael Haneke, Werner Herzog, Margarethe von Trotta and Wolfgang Staudte. Students learn to analyze film and conduct basic research in German. Discussion addresses aesthetic and technical issues; portrayals of race, gender, class and migration; divided Germany and its reunification; and filmic interventions into the legacy of Nazism. Conducted in German. Prerequisite: GER 250 or equivalent.