Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: GERMAN ADAPTATIONS: TEXT TO FILM ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 1 ***** Prominent novels of the 20th century will be studied for their aesthetic construction and socio-historic reflection and compared to their filmic adaptations. The aim of this course is to study the possibilities or impossibilities of rendition from print medium to cinematic medium. From the myriad of adaptations we will concentrate on "Werner, Fassbinder," "Effie Briest," Thomas Mann, "Tod in Venedig" and Zauberberg," Franz Kafka "Das Schloss" Heinrich Mann "Der Untertan," Klaus Mann "Mephisto," Gunter Grass "Die Blechtrommel," H. Boell "Katharina Blum," Max Frisch "Homo Faber" Ingeborg Bachmann "Malina," Jurek Becker "Jacob der Lugner." All videos are digitized in the LRC and subtitled in English. All books are available in English. German majors read and write in German. Course taught in English with a possible FLAC section. *****