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Course Info for GRMN - 269 - 01, Spring 2023
Class number: 2868 Title: The Latest German Cinema Department: Language and Culture Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 5 Available seats: 14
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, LIB - 174 Instructor(s): Doerre, Jason
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements
Course Description:
This course will examine how current cultural, social, and political themes and debates are reflected in contemporary German and Austrian cinema. Beginning with German Reunification this course will cover a broad range of topics that are relevant in Germany, Austria and Europe today. Of particular interest will be the issues of globalization, migration, race, gender, and the memory of World War II and the Cold War in the new millennium. Among other themes this course will address the topics of nostalgia, the historical film, the Berlin School of film making, Turkish-German cinema, a European identity, and other current topics. All course work will be done in English, and all films will be available with English subtitles.
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