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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2020 |
Registration ID | GERMB316001 |
Course Title | Berlin in German Lit & Film |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | German |
Instructor | Shen,Qinna |
Times and Days | MTh 01:10pm-02:30pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2380 Taught in German. The major focus of this course is the spatialization of memory and history in exemplary novels and films on Berlin. These works analyze the palimpsestic sites of the city as a quasi-archive of political upheavals, public life, fine arts, the star-crossed German-Jewish symbiosis, World War II, and the cultures of the two postwar German states. Berlin underwent a tumultuous history in the twentieth century and encapsulates a kaleidoscope of modern German history, culture, and social life. Having served as the capital city of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1871), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), the Third Reich (1933–1945), East Germany during the Cold War (1945–1990), and the reunified Germany, Berlin has captured different strata of history in its architecture, art, music, literature, and film. Since reunification, Berlin has been thriving and has become one of the most vibrant metropoles of the world, at once commemorating its past and addressing the constant challenges of an ever-changing world. Prerequisites: Placed at the advanced level in placement test; a 200-level course taught in German or with permission of instructor.; REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: Keun, Irmgard. Das kunstseidene Mädchen. Editions to be confirmed Jenny Erpenbeck. Gehen, ging, gegangen. All films will be streaming. Einführung in den Kurs Cabaret (Regie: Bob Fosse, 1972) Christopher Isherwood: Lebwohl, Berlin (excerpts - PDF) Irmgard Keun: Das kunstseidene Mädchen (1932) (bookstore) Aimèe und Jaguar (Regie: Max Färberböck, 1997/8) Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin: Tagebuch-Aufzeichnungen vom 20. April bis 22. Juni 1945 (excerpts - PDF) Berlin – Schönhauser Corner (Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser, Regie: Gerhard Klein, 1957) Die Ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun, Regie: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978) Der geteilte Himmel (Divided Heaven, Regie: Konrad Wolf, 1964, nach dem Roman von Christa Wolf, 1963) Christa Wolf, Der geteilte Himmel (excerpts - PDF) Emine Sevgi Özdamar: „Mein Berlin“ u.s.w. (PDF) Das Versprechen (The Promise¸ Regie: Margarethe von Trotta, 1994) Die Mauer (The Wall, Regie: Jürgen Böttcher, 1990) Sommer vorm Balkon (Summer in Berlin, Regie: Andreas Dresen, Buch: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, 2006) Oh Boy (A Coffee in Berlin, Regie: Jan Ole Gerster, 2012) Victoria (Regie: Sebastian Schipper, 2015) Jenny Erpenbeck: Gehen, ging, gegangen (Bookstore) Thanksgiving Week Gehen, ging, gegangen Approach: Writing Attentive; Enrollment Cap: 18; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Prerequisites: Placed at the advanced level in placement test; a 200-level course taught in German or with permission of instructor. synchronous, discussion based seminar format, no pre-recorded lectures, homework will be submitted via Moodle. |
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