2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FILM3026 Contemporary German Cinema

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: Professor Ingo Cornils
Email: i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module examines German-language Cinema since 2000, a period when filmmakers have enjoyed success at home and abroad. Students will look at a range of representative films in order to examine the state of the German-language film industries, along with the ways in which contemporary cinema reflects broader cultural, social and political debates.

Objectives

This module aims to:
- introduce students to a range of contemporary German-language films (studied with English subtitles)
- create awareness of key shifts and tensions within contemporary German-language film culture and theory
- teach students how these shifts relate to broader (trans-/inter-) cultural and social developments

Learning outcomes
1. demonstrate knowledge of contemporary German-language cinema
2. engage critically with current debates surrounding the German-language film industries and the films they produce
3. critically analyse a range of filmic texts in their cultural context
4. demonstrate advanced cultural analysis through broad secondary reading and close textual analysis
5. demonstrate an understanding of the principles of academic ‘originality’
6. present a structured argument, using appropriate concepts and terminology in German Film Studies

Syllabus

The module begins with an examination of the state of contemporary film industries in the German-speaking world before moving to a series of case studies. Themes covered are likely to include filmic engagements with legacies of the past (Nazism, the GDR, terrorism) and its echoes in the present, the socio-political reality of German-speaking countries, and speculations about the future. The module will also consider how national film industries relate to broader trends in European and World Cinemas by exploring the growing role of transnationalism.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Film Screenings	10	2.00	20.00
Seminar	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			160.00
Total Contact hours			40.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

complete weekly reading and seminar preparation (10 hrs per week)
prepare formative small group presentations (10 hrs)
research and complete essay (50 hours)

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Student progress will be monitored on a regular basis via participation in seminar discussion and group presentations (these are mainly formative but contribute 20% to the module mark).
Students will receive additional feedback and support when planning their essay. The feedback from the seminar presentations and on the essay plans (appropriateness of title and research questions; appropriate selection of secondary literature) will assist with writing the end-of-module essay.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	80.00
Group Project	Presentation	20.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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