GER 367 - Weimar and Nazi Cinema and Culture

This course examines the films of the Weimar and Nazi periods and their socio-historical, politico-cultural and aesthetic contexts of production. It covers a wide variety of works from the early beginnings of German cinema to the end of WWII. Each week is thematically structured around one film and several readings, on topics such as “the male gaze,” “mass culture and modernity”, or “fascist aesthetics.” At the 300-level, we will be targeting certain syntactical and grammatical issues that arise from students’ essays (written in German) and class discussions (held in German).

Prerequisites
GER 240 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor

Credits 1

Notes
Course taught in German

Area
Humanities

Division
Arts and Humanities

Foundation
Foreign Language

Compass Attributes
Foreign Language, Global Honors, Humanities, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars