THE POLITICS OF GERMAN FILM (IN GERMAN)
This course explores film in the context of German politics and history. It examines why film has been such a contested subject in German philosophy and the social sciences. Assignments will include films from the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany to postwar New German Cinema and today’s filmic presentation of German history and politics. Selected directors include: Maren Ade, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Werner Herzog, Fritz Lang, Margarete von Trotta, and Tom Tykwer. The course also provides an introduction to German film theory examining selected works by Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, and Georg Lukács.Taught in German.
Prerequisites & course information
Short Title: THE POLITICS OF GERMAN FILM Department: Modern Classic Lang, Lit, Cult Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduate level students. Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-Level
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027