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THE CITY IN GERMAN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Country - Partner Institution - Programs:	Germany - Free University of Berlin - 'Free Univ. Berlin'
UC Course Subject	German History Film and Media Studies
Number & Suffix:	167 D
Full UC Title:	THE CITY IN GERMAN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Transcript Title:	CITY IN GERMAN FILM
UC QTR Units - Division:	4.5 - Upper Division
Course Description:	The course generates a wider understanding of the multiple relationships between the city and its visual representations by sharpening students’ skills in close reading and critical film analysis. It explores a set of key issues from film, urban and art history, geography, and aesthetics. Films dealing with the Berlin contemporary to their production form the main part of the material studied, with comparisons to appropriate examples from German and European cinema. Grouped into main themes following a comparative approach, the films are introduced through student‘s presentations. Relevant theoretical and film references are discussed in class or small groups. Students learn to interpret cinematic conventions and to critically reflect on how cinema depicts everyday environments and reorganizes their perception, with writing practice as one focus of class work
Language of Instruction:	English
Partner Title:	ON AND OFF THE RECORD. THE CITY IN GERMAN GEGENWARTSFILM
Partner University Department:	Deutsche Philologie
Partner University Course Number:	16846