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| Campus | Bryn Mawr |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | GERMB321001 |
| Course Title | Adv Topics German Cultural St-Weimar Cinema (1918-1933) |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | German |
| Instructor | Shen,Qinna |
| Times and Days | MW 10:10am-11:30am
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1995 This is a topics course. Course content varies. Recent topic titles include: Asia and Germany through Film; The Letter, the Spirit, and Beyond: German-Jewish Writers and Jewish Culture in the 18th and 19th Century.; Current topic description: This Weimar cinema course revisits the vibrant film culture of Germanys Golden era (19181933) via an analysis of a selection of its classics. From silent movies to talkies, Weimar cinema pioneered new film genres, modernist aesthetics, and innovative filmmaking techniques that made a far-reaching impact on world cinema. The class will familiarize students with prominent filmmakers and major stars of the time. These films serve as an effective medium to discuss radical social and political transformations during the interwar period. We will examine the representations of gender roles, class tensions, racial dynamics, national identities, and global flows in the context of post-WWI Germany. The course is taught in German. Approach: Power, Inequity, and Justice (PIJ); Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) Enrollment Cap: 15. Spring 2024: Course is taught in English |
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