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GM401K: CONFRONTING THE NAZI PAST IN GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN FILM (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46


Course Overview

This course will look at a number of key German-language films and directors from the past seven decades to examine the changing discourse and shifts in representation of the Nazi legacy in Germany and Austria. The course will proceed chronologically, encompassing both fiction and documentary film, offering the opportunity to compare and draw connections between films from different periods and of diverse genres.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Katya Krylova

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either European Studies (EU) or German (GM)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • Either Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • GM301K Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)
  • GM301L Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)
  • GM351K Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)
  • GM351L Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)
  • GM401L Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)
  • GM451K Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)
  • GM451L Confronting the Nazi Past in German and Austrian Film (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will look at a number of key films and directors from the past seven decades to examine the changing discourse and shifts in representation of the Nazi legacy in Germany and Austria. The course will proceed chronologically, encompassing both documentary and fiction films, thereby encouraging students to draw connections and comparisons between films from different periods and of diverse genres. We will begin by looking at the first film made in postwar Germany, Die Mörder sind unter uns (Staudte, 1946), proceed to analyse key films of the New German Cinema and New Austrian Film movements, and conclude by looking at a recent treatment of the Nazi legacy by renowned filmmaker of the Berlin School, Christian Petzold. We will also examine documentaries which detail the fraught endeavour of confronting a family or personal legacy of National Socialism, and the phenomenon of the ‘comedic turn’ in German fiction films about Adolf Hitler. Throughout, students will be encouraged to consider how cinema can both reflect and shape debates and controversies related to confronting the Nazi past in the German and Austrian context.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 70
Assessment Weeks 18 Feedback Weeks 21

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Feedback

Essays are marked on the basis of specific marking criteria (as outlined in the course guide) and are returned with written feedback. Additional informal feedback on performance and seminar participation is offered in seminars. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.

 

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandGain knowledge and understanding of a number of key Austrian and German films from different periods and of diverse genres, which treat the Nazi legacy
ProceduralAnalyseDevelop skills in analysing films.
ProceduralAnalyseDevelop the ability to critically analyse the set films in their social and cultural contexts.
ProceduralApplyAssemble a coherent argument for presentation in oral and written work
ProceduralEvaluateGain understanding of the evolution of filmic representations of the Nazi past in German and Austrian cinema since 1945
ProceduralEvaluateImprove ability to evaluate and discuss complex ideas orally and in writing.

Oral Presentation: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

All presentations receive grades and are discussed individually within no more than 2 weeks. Essays are marked on the basis of specific marking criteria (as outlined in the course guide) and are returned with written feedback. Additional informal feedback on performance and seminar participation is offered in seminars. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.

Feedback - students give presentations in different weeks and receive individual feedback within two weeks of their presentation being held

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandGain knowledge and understanding of a number of key Austrian and German films from different periods and of diverse genres, which treat the Nazi legacy
ProceduralAnalyseDevelop skills in analysing films.
ProceduralAnalyseDevelop the ability to critically analyse the set films in their social and cultural contexts.
ProceduralApplyAssemble a coherent argument for presentation in oral and written work
ProceduralEvaluateGain understanding of the evolution of filmic representations of the Nazi past in German and Austrian cinema since 1945
ProceduralEvaluateImprove ability to evaluate and discuss complex ideas orally and in writing.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Essays are marked on the basis of specific marking criteria (as outlined in the course guide) and are returned with written feedback. Additional informal feedback on performance and seminar participation is offered in seminars. Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.

Word Count 3500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandGain knowledge and understanding of a number of key Austrian and German films from different periods and of diverse genres, which treat the Nazi legacy
ProceduralAnalyseDevelop the ability to critically analyse the set films in their social and cultural contexts.
ProceduralEvaluateGain understanding of the evolution of filmic representations of the Nazi past in German and Austrian cinema since 1945
ProceduralAnalyseDevelop skills in analysing films.
ProceduralEvaluateImprove ability to evaluate and discuss complex ideas orally and in writing.
ProceduralApplyAssemble a coherent argument for presentation in oral and written work
ProceduralCreateHave the opportunity to choose this topic for further research in the form of their dissertation

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