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Introduction to German Film Sophie Boyer, Bishop's University, sboyer@ubishops.ca This three-credit course provides an overview of the different movements that shaped the history of the German cinema: from expressionism to the new German comedy, from the Oberhausen manifesto to the DEFA film industry of the former GDR. The ways in which film and its imagery reflect key features of Germany’s recent past and present will be examined and discussed. Prominent directors to be studied may include Murnau, Lang, Staudte, Fassbinder, Wenders, Dörrie, Carow, Wolf, von Trotta and others. Evaluation Class Work: 15% Students are required to read specific texts for every film to allow for informed class discussion. Film Evaluations: 40% Students are required to submit four film evaluations (2-3 pages each) on specific films. Oral Presentation: 20% One presentation on a particular director, actor, or theoretical/technical aspect. Final Exam: 25% Please note: Students are cautioned against plagiarism; i.e. using another person’s words or ideas without proper acknowledgement. Plagiarism cannot and will not be tolerated. Please read the “Plagiarism” paragraph in the University Calendar. Please note: There will be no supplemental examination for this course. Kurskalender 1. Woche 4. September: Einführung 6. September: R. Wienes Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari (1919) Lektüre: Auszüge aus Bergers Ways of Seeing & aus Kracauers Von Caligari zu Hitler 2. Woche 13. September: F. W. Murnaus Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens **(1922) Lektüre: Auszug aus Stokers Dracula 3. Woche 20. September: F. Langs M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931) Lektüre: Auszug aus Tatars Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany 4. Woche 27. September: W. Staudte Die Mörder sind unter uns **(1946) Lektüre: Auszug aus Shandleys
Rubble Films 4. Oktober: S. Dudows Frauenschicksale (1952) Lektüre: Auszug aus A. Bebels Die Frau und der Sozialismus 6. Woche 11. Oktober: F. Beyers Spur der Steine **(1966) Lektüre: Auszug aus F. Beyers Wenn der Wind sich dreht. Meine Filme, mein Leben 7. Woche 18. Oktober: R. W. Fassbinders Angst essen Seele auf (1974) Lektüre: Oberhausener Manifest & Auszug aus dem Drehbuch zu Angst essen Seele auf 8. Woche 23. Oktober: 1. November: H. Carows Die Legende von Paul und Paula (1973) Lektüre: Auszug aus U.
Plenzdorfs Die Legende von Paul und Paula 8. November: F. Beyers Jakob der Lügner **(1974) Lektüre: Auszug aus J. Beckers
Jakob der Lügner 15. November: M. von Trottas Die bleierne Zeit (1981) 12. Woche 20. November: Empfohlene Texte zum deutschen Film Masterworks of the German Cinema: the Golem, Nosferatu, M, the Threepenny Opera. New York: Harper & Row, 1973.* Calhoon, Kenneth S. (ed.) Peripheral Visions: The Hidden Stages of Weimar Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2001. Corrigan, Timothy. New German Cinema: The Displaced Image. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1994. (1. Auflage: 1983) Eisner, Lotte H. Die dämonische Leinwand. Frankfurt a.M.: Fischer, 1980. (1. Auflage: 1955)* Elsaesser, Thomas. New German Cinema: A History. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1989.* Fischer, Robert und Joe Hembus. Der neue deutsche Film: 1960-1980. München: Goldmann, 1981.* Kaes, Anton. From Hitler to Heimat: The Return of History as Film. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1989. Kracauer, Sigfried. Von Caligari zu Hitler: eine psychologische Geschichte des deutschen Films. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1999. (1. Auflage: 1947)* Sandford, John, The New German Cinema. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Nobles, 1980.* Shandley, Robert R. Rubble Films: German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.* Tatar, Maria. Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.* *Auf “reserve” in der Bibliothek! Referatsthemen
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