Films to include The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, The Blue Angel, The Triumph of the Will and others. This course investigates assumptions about nationality, ethnicity, race, and gender in both German and American films about WWII in order to identify and analyze the ideological stance underlying popular forms of symbolic discourse in the two cultures. Course materials include German and American films made during and after World War II and readings in film theory, film criticism, and popular culture. This course integrates the study of the topic with the development of students' skills in expository writing, peer response, and oral presentation. This course explores contemporary French literary culture and society through the art and language of French cinema.
Course includes some readings in translation.
May be taken as LFRN 209D if done in French. A study of the Faust legend as it reflects man's changing views of his existential position in the world and his understanding of the metaphysical questions about God and the Devil. Works by Goethe, Marlowe, and Thomas Mann, among others, will be read. This course in New German Cinema focuses on major trends in German cultural research to explore the Germanies from the 1970s to the '90s and to illuminate the role of film in our age. Readings include literary texts, film criticism, and critical theory.