College Bulletin 2014-2015 
    
    Nov 12, 2024  
College Bulletin 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LITR 054G. German Cinema


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.
Eligible for FMST credit, fulfills national cinema requirement.
Writing course.
(Cross-listed as GMST 054 /FMST 054)
1 credit.
Not offered 2014-2015.
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