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Is there something like postmodern cinema and, if so, what would the postmodern quality be? The terms “postmodern cinema” and “postmodern movie” are frequently invoked, but what do they mean? This seminar studies some of the movies to which the terms are sometimes applied and looks at various questions involved, which are also questions negotiated in postmodern literature: questions of a postclassical identity, questions of power, questions of race and gender, questions of personal and cultural memory, the impact of consumer society, the role of the media, the use of genre and genre parody. We will also discuss the influence of the video on film and look at the tension between conventions and formal innovation or experimentation in the serious of movies below.
Movies:
- The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
- American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
- Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
- Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2002)
- The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998)
- Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
- The Ballad of Little Joe (Maggie Greenwald, 1993)
Course Requirements:
Students will have to participate in a group organizing one of the sessions together with the instructor. For the MAP Master of Education Students will have an oral examination, Amerikanistik-students a book review or a multi-media presentation.
Dieser Kurs ist für den Master of Education konzipiert. Studierende der Amerikanistik dürfen teilnehmen -- es wird aber auch um didaktische Fragen gehen!
There will be a moodle site for this class: Keyword: "Mystery Man". |
