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GERM 433 - Senior Seminar: Staging Revolution: Aethetics and Politics of 20th Century Film and Theater


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV

Can artistic techniques encourage audiences to embrace a radical politics, instigate social change, or create a more critical spectator? This course explores the relationship between aesthetics and politics in film and theater through the work of playwright Bertolt Brecht, especially the key concepts and practices of his epic theater; filmic interpretations and filmed productions of Brecht's plays; German heirs to the epic theater; and political/experimental films by Godard, Fassbinder, Kluge, and von Trier.
Enrollment Limit: 22
Instructor: G. Cooper
Prerequisites & Notes
One 400-level course or consent of instructor. Note: All German Majors are required to take one Senior Seminar.

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