UCJNNP09 German and Austrian Films

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar consists of an introductory part presenting fundamental principles and methods of how to analyse and interpret films, and a larger part which will analyse examples of some representative reputation in more detail. It is aimed at an introduction into the most important periods and genres of the German film between the Weimar Republic and nowadays by the help of at least one selected example. According to local conditions genres from the documentary to detective stories and fairy tale films, to films inspired by novels and to contemporary drama will be covered, directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Claude Lanzmann and Wim Wenders are to be introduced by some of their works. Subjects spread from films after literary models, the Holocaust and the era of about 1989 in former GDR up to nowadays' ways of life in re-unified Germany. Further genres such as animations are taken into account as well.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
    2. Metropolis (Fritz Lang 1927)
    3. Discussion
    4. M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (Fritz Lang 1931)
    5. Discussion
    6. Die Sünderin (Willi Forst 1951)
    7. Discussion
    8. Abschied von Gestern (Alexander Kluge 1966)
    9. Solo Sunny (Konrad Wolf 1980)
    10. Discussion
    11. Gegen die Wand (Fatih Akin 2004)
    12. Discussion and final discussion
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Monaco, James. Film verstehen. Kunst, Technik, Sprache, Geschichte und Theorie des Films und der Neuen Medien. Reinbek bei Hamburg, 2012. info
  • Koebner, Thomas. Reclams Sachlexikon des Films. Stuttgart, 2011. info
  • Lanzmann, Claude. Shoah (Dt. von Nina Börnsen u. Anna Kamp). Reinbek bei Hamburg, 2011. info
  • Kracauer, Siegfried. Von Caligari zu Hitler. Eine psychologische Geschichte des deutschen Films. Frankfurt a.M., 2011. info
  • Jacobsen; Kaes. Geschichte des deutschen Films. Stuttgart, Weimar, 2004. info
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
80% presence in class, regular homeworks in writing, final written test with questions from the history of German film (in general) and from the methodology of how to analyse films.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022.
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