Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FRESHMAN SEMINAR: GERMAN CINEMA ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 1 ***** The course presents an overview of the history of German film from its inception in 1917, through the Weimar and Nazi periods. Then it will look at German cinematic reconceptions after 1945 until today. West and East German filmmakers have produced an impressive body of contemporary films that deal with their fascist past, their ideologically different environments and their generational identity today. We will see feature films from the New German Cinema as well as recent releases from the East German film company DEFA that produced thousands of films between 1946 and 1990, most of which have never been seen outside of the GDR. Taught in English. All films are subtitled in English. Enrollment limited to 15. Also listed as FSEM 122. *****