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124262 KO Critical Media Analysis (2012W)

The timeless Allure of Darkness or how to read Film Noir

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

I want to remind all students that attending the first session is MANDATORY for all registered students!
Registered students who fail to attend without giving notice will lose their place in the course.

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Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Mittwoch 10.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 17.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 24.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 31.10. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 07.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 14.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 21.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 28.11. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 05.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 12.12. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 09.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 16.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 23.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
  • Mittwoch 30.01. 10:00 - 12:00 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Dangerous shadows, the sudden sound of gunfire, a beautiful woman and a dead body on the ground. Hardly any other American film genre has left such an impact on the movie universe or has proven to be as immortal as film noir.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Students will watch a selected number of films, which will be in-depthly discussed in class.
They will be asked to give short presentations and hand in a written paper at the end of the semester.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

But what exactly is film noir? A certain technique? A particular mise-en-scene? A special type of plot set against a distinct idea of story?
Or is an uncanny sense of paranoia, a unique idea of anxiety and general discomfort, what is most essential about film noir.
Nowhere is the feeling of discomfort between race, sex, gender and nation more palpable than in films noir.

Prüfungsstoff

In small group and all-class discussions students will address topics such as:
)Film Noir : a genre or a visual style?
)Film Noir and post-war anxieties
)The question of gender in Film Noir
)Spaces of Film Noir: the deadly urban environment
)The Gaze in Film Noir

Literatur

Films to be watched:
Out of the Past (1947, Jacques Tourneur)
The Big Heat (1953, Fritz Lang)
Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott)

As well as excerpts of Double Indemnity, Dead Reckoning, Sunset Boulevard, This Gun for Hire, The Killers and others.

Students will be provided with weekly reading materials via the elearning platform MOODLE.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

Letzte Änderung: Mi 09.09.2020 00:22