GERST 3410

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GERST 3410
History Will Be Televised

Course information provided by the 2020-2021 Catalog.

When the American TV series "Holocaust" was broadcast in West Germany in 1979, more than 20 million people watched. Journalists and historians were baffled by the viewers' deeply emotional response, since no such reaction had followed previous attempts to confront Germans with the Shoah. Was a TV mini-series really the right way to address the Holocaust? Today, barely a day goes by without some fictional, docufictional, or documentary film/series covering the Holocaust, German unification, 1970s terrorism, etc. Are these examples of "histotainment" or "historical pornography"? Is history a commodity to identify with Holocaust-victims one day and with Germans who died during WWII the next? How do TV-narratives react to or influence collective memory? This course explores selected TV films/series and their ensuing debates, both contrasted with other approaches to 'televising history, e.g. Edgar Reitz' epic series "Heimat."  


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: any German course at the 3000-3200 level or equivalent, by placement test or permission of instructor.

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Fall or Spring.

Comments Taught in German.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17729 GERST 3410   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online

    Prerequisite: any German course at the 3000-3200 level or equivalent, by placement test or permission of instructor. Taught in German. Satisfies Option 1.
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20396 GERST 3410   LEC 002

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    • MW Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020

    • Siegel, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online

    Prerequisite: any German course at the 3000-3200 level or equivalent, by placement test or permission of instructor. Taught in German. Satisfies Option 1.