Module GERM1132: Literature, Film, and Image

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (German)

GERM1132: Literature, Film, and Image

Prerequisites

• Grade A in a foreign European language at A level or an equivalent qualification

Corequisites

• Modern Languages, Combined Honours and all Joint and 'with' programmes: German Language 1A (post-A level) (GERM1011) or German Langauge 1B (ab initio) (GERM1112). Other: see Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To familiarise the students with key terms, concepts, and theories pertaining to literary, film, and visual studies
• To teach and practise skills for the critical analysis of literature, film, visual studies
• To apply theoretical knowledge to carefully selected primary materials

Content

• introduce and discuss core terms and concepts in the areas of literary studies, film studies, and visual studies
• introduce and discuss central methodologies in the areas of literary studies, film studies and visual studies
• explore and analyse primary materials in relation to these terms, concepts, and methodologies

Learning Outcomes

• have an overview and firm grasp of pertinent methodologies in German studies in the areas of literary studies, film studies and visual studies
• understand core terms and concepts in German studies in the areas of literary studies, film studies and visual studies
• have a thorough understanding of a representative selection of primary materials from the German-speaking world

• to be able to navigate complex theoretical discourses and to engage independently with methodologies in relation to materials from the German-speaking world
• to analyse and interpret aesthetic texts/films/visual objects from the German-speaking world by drawing on key theories and methodologies in the respective fields
• to understand secondary literature on primary materials from the German-speaking world

• understand complex theoretical arguments
• formulate theoretical arguments coherently in oral and written form
• be able to apply theoretical concepts to primary materials
• be able to assess ideas critically and independently
• be able to organise their work and manage their time independently

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module will be taught in term 1 and in term 2.
• The module will be taught in 20 lectures, 10 seminars and two three-hour block seminars
• Summative assessment will consist of a 2000-word essay at the end of term 1 and a three-hour long exam at the end of term 2; in the essay, students are required to formulate a coherent theoretical argument in relation to specific primary materials; in the exam, students will compose a robust critical argument in relation to unseen primary materials; it will ensure that students engage with the module in its entirety; as an exam, it will encourage students to absorb, process, internalise, organise, and apply knowledge of contexts and methods to new questions (without any use of AI).

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

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■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University