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Archived Version 2012 - 2013
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Description This course will examine social and cultural issues represented in literature and film in modern Germany. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Identify key ideas and experiences that have played a key part in modern German social and political history. 2. Analyse the representation of such issues in major works of modern German literature and film 3. Discuss the contributions made to cultural debates in modern Germany by leading authors and film-makers 4. Relate specific literary-filmic genres and modes of discourse to the historical context in which they were produced. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities SyllabusThe module will focus on themes portrayed in individual works, rather than on periods or movements, covering a range of historical contexts. This will facilitate comparative analysis . In the course of the semester three of the following topics will be discussed in discussion of both literature and film: the experience of war, ideology and class division, gender and sexuality, minorities and intercultural relations, technology and modernity, youth and generational conflict; the Holocaust and Germany today. The class will be conducted in English and GermanSelected textsSelected works will include some of the following: A.Schnitzler, Reigen & T. Mann, Death in Venice; E. Remarque, Im Westen nichts Neues & K. Wolf, Ich war Neunzehn; B. Brecht, Der Ozeanflug & Expressionist City poems; B. Brecht/S. Dudow, Kuhle Wampe & H. Steinhof, Hitlerjunge Quex. R.W.Fassbinder, Angst essen Seele auf & F. Akin, Gegen die Wand; P. Celan, Todesfuge & B. Schlink, Der Vorleser. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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