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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 21F.414 (Fall 2006) 
  • Course Title:
  • German Culture, Media, and Society 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Dr. Kurt Fendt 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 21F.414 German Culture, Media, and Society



    Fall 2006




    Course Highlights


    This course features an extensive list of media links in related resources.


    Course Description


    The topic for Fall 2006 is short film and radio plays. This course investigates current trends and topics in German literary, theater, film, television, radio, and other media arts productions. Students analyze media texts in the context of their production, reception, and distribution as well as the public debates initiated by these works. The topic for Fall 2006 is German Short Film, a popular format that represents most recent trends in film production, and German Radio Art, a striving genre that includes experimental radio plays, sound art, and audio installations. Special attention will be given to the representation of German minorities, contrasted by their own artistic expressions reflecting changes in identity and a new political voice. Students have the opportunity to discuss course topics with a writer, filmmaker, and/or media artist from Germany. The course is taught in German.


    Special Features




    Technical Requirements


    Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .mov.

     

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