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Lecturer(s)
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Bernhard Schlink, The Reader (1995): cultural context 2. The Reader: analysis I 3. The Reader: analysis II 4. Stephen Daldry, The Reader (2008) 5. The Reader: reception and controversy 6. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Das Leben der Anderen (2006): cultural context 7. Das Leben der Anderen: analysis 8. Das Leben der Anderen: discussion 9. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Never Look Away (2018): cultural context 10. Never Look Away: analysis 11. Never Look Away: discussion 12. Dealing with historical trauma in literature and film 13. Final discussion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to Bernhard Schlink's novel The Reader and its film adaptation, as well as to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's two post-2000 films, which, like The Reader, deal with the German past. Students will be introduced to the cultural context of these works and the debates and controversies they have generated. Students will further gain insight into the cultural and political context of the period and the ways in which they were reflected upon artistically. In the case of The Reader, a comparison of the text with the film version will illuminate the relationship between the two media and their reception. A connecting theme in the seminar discussions will be the way of historical reflection on World War II and its aftermath, coping with the past and life in the GDR. Furthermore, coping with historical traumas from different cultural positions will be the subject of discussion.
The student can characterize film and literary genres can carry out a basic analysis of works know the cultural and historical background of the texts and films discussed
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Prerequisites
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no prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To receive credit active participation in class discussions the student knows the discussed texts and films oral presentation
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Recommended literature
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Bohnenkamp, A. (ed.). Interpretationen: Literaturverfilmungen. Stuttgart, 2012.
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Grob, N./Prinzler, H. H./Rentschler, E. (eds.). Neuer deutscher Film. Stuttgart, 2012.
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Jacobsen, W./Kaes, A./Prinzler, H. H. (eds.). Geschichte des deutschen Films. Stuttgart, 2004.
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Schlink, B. Der Vorleser. Zürich, 1995.
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