GER 329: German Cinema after 1990

Style Guides

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:14:40 -0700

MLA Style : a very good website, especially for help citing electronic resources.

Citation Machine : an online bibliography maker that formats citations in MLA and other styles.

See Keeping Current with Research for information about search alerts, RSS feeds, bibliography manager, and more.

Course Professor

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:18:53 -0700

Sebastian Heiduschke

Finding Books: Library Catalogs

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:07:34 -0700

OSU Libraries Catalog Books, dvds, and other materials at Valley Library and OSU branch libraries. If you don't find the book you need, click on "Try Summit Libraries" button. Show me.

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog Request books not at Valley Library and have them sent here in 3-4 working days.

Books about film are on the 4th floor of Valley Library in the PN call number area. A call number is a combination of letters and numbers indicating subect and author. Every book has a unique call number.

PN 1993 - PN 1999
- PN 1993.5.G3 German film
- PN 1997 Individual films
  - PN 1997.M48 Metropolis
- PN 1998.A3 Individual filmmakers
  - PN 1998.A3L3 Fritz Lang

Finding Scholarly Articles

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:35:39 -0700

Start with a resarch database.
If the article you need isn't full text in the database, use the "360 Full Text Link" to locate it.

Reviews vs Criticism

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:42 -0700

Reviews:

What? Summary and evaluation of a book or film
When? Shortly after a film opens or a book is published
Where? In magazines, film-related journals, newspapers; on the Internet; on radio and television
Who? Journalists, film or book critics, fans
Why? To help viewers decide whether or not to see the film or read the book

Criticism:

"Criticism" is a term used to describe the close examination of a work by a scholar or expert. It doesn't mean criticizing n the sense of "that movie isn't very good."

What? In-depth analysis of specific aspects of one or more film. Carefully researched and includes notes and bibliographies.
When? Months or years after the film's premiere.
Where? Books and scholarly film journals
Who? Scholars who study film, film critics
Why? To further understanding of the film(s) through close analysis

Course Description

Stefanie.Buck@oregonstate.edu (Stefanie Buck) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:57:21 -0700

German unification in October 1990 also changed the landscape of German film. Now, the two national cinemas of East and West Germany had to be combined. One of the problems on the way to cinematic unification was the different structures in the two national cinemas; East Germany's centralized, censored, and government-regulated film industry was trying to adapt to West Germany's system of decentralized system in which directors relied on a variety of subsidies to finance their films. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have become acquainted with traditions of German film since 1990 and be able to:

-interpret films critically
-identify a number of German films, film genres, and directors.
-put German films in their socio-cultural and historical environment of post-unification Germany.