GMST 054. German Cinema

(Cross-listed as LITR 054G, FMST 054)
This course is an introduction to German cinema from its inception in the 1890s until the present. It includes an examination of early exhibition forms, expressionist and avant-garde films from the classic German cinema of the Weimar era, fascist cinema, postwar rubble films, DEFA films from East Germany, New German Cinema from the 1970s, and post 1989 heritage films. We will analyze a cross-match of popular and avant-garde films while discussing mass culture, education, propaganda, and entertainment as identity- and nation-building practices.
Fulfills national cinema requirement for FMST.
Humanities.
Writing course.
1 credit.
Eligible for GMST, FMST
Fall 2024. Simon.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies

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