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GERM 332 001 (CRN: 16688)

NEW GERM FILM: HITLER'S CINEMA

Long Title: NEW GERMAN FILM: HITLER'S CINEMATIC CHILDREN
Department: Modrn & Classicl Lit & Culture
Instructor: Blumenthal-Barby, Martin
Meeting: 1:00PM - 2:15PM TR (26-AUG-2024 - 6-DEC-2024) 
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
 
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 50
Section Enrolled: 51
Enrollment data as of: 26-DEC-2024 4:02AM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
11-DEC-2024  
9:00AM - 12:00PM W
 
Description: From the 1960s to 2000, Germany developed a very distinct auteur cinema with independent filmmakers such as Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Kluge, Adlon, von Trotta, Sander, Brueckner, Garnier, Tykwer, and others. The first twenty years were oriented toward coming to terms with the fascist past; the second twenty years focused on more contemporary issues, including terrorism, misogyny, and xenophobia. To explore these issues, we will discuss the work of four major directors of the New German Cinema, whose films are concerned with pressing political questions as well as their own nature as “films.” To further our discussions of the politics and aesthetics of visual media in general and of film in particular, the screenings will be put into dialogue with short, often canonical, theoretical texts. Mutually exclusive with and formerly offered as GERM 338. Students cannot earn credit for GERM 332 if they have received credit for GERM 338.