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  • 82 428: History of German Film

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    This course is a chronological introduction to one of the world's greatest cinema traditions: German cinema. It moves from the silent cinema of the 1910s to the Weimar Republic, when German cinema represented Hollywood's greatest challenger in the international cinema world. It then addresses the cinema of Hitler's so-called ?Third Reich,? when German cinema dominated European movie theaters, and moves on to the cinema of divided Germany from 1949-1989, when cinema in the socialist east and cinema in the capitalist west developed in very different ways. In the final week of the semester, we will address German cinema in the post-unification period, which has experienced a revival in popularity and interest. The two historical foci of the semester will be the Weimar Republic, the classic era of German cinema, and the era of the so-called ?New German Cinema? of the 1970s and 1980s, when major German directors developed radical new approaches to cinema and critiques of Hollywood. Among the great directors focused on in the course of the semester will be Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Fritz Lang, Leni Riefenstahl, Wolfgang Staudte, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. No knowledge of the German language is required for this course; most of the films will be in German with English subtitles. The course will be cross-listed in the departments of Modern Languages, English, and History. Students will be required to attend class, including all film screenings, to actively participate in discussion, to write a 15-page term paper on a topic related to German cinema history, and to take two midterm examinations.
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  • 82 434: Studies in Chinese Traditions

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Course description: This course aims at helping students to obtain a general idea of Chinese history from 5000 years ago, understand the basic philosophical ideas of Confucianism and Daoism so that they will be aware and understand how Confucianism and Daoism have influenced the traditional Chinese ways of thinking. Students will also learn to use Chinese to analyze and comment both orally and in written form the pros and cons of the traditional Chinese ways of thinking and the differences between people's ways of thinking in Chinese culture and those in another culture. Materials for this course will be selected from classical works on Confucius teachings, classical poems, modern prose writings, excerpts from Chinese novels, etc. The themes will focus on Chinese history, basic philosophies of Confucianism and Daoism and their influence on the ways of thinking in the daily life of Chinese. Specifically the materials will deal with such issues as traditional Chinese views on study and education, career, family, human relations with nature, self-cultivation and women.
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  • 82 440: Studies in Chinese Literature & Culture

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Fall 2011 Through close reading of a 17-century Chinese literary masterpiece, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi, ????/????), this course invites students to probe into the richly bizarre and heterogeneous world of ghosts and anomalies that constitutes an important aspect of Chinese culture. A large selection of strange tales in Chinese will be introduced throughout the semester, whose contents range from sketchy notes about outlandish figures and creatures to lengthy tales about bewitching dreams, terrifying ghost haunting and affecting stories of fox romance. In addition, students will also be asked to read academic writings in English about ghost literature and culture in traditional China. These writings provide useful sources for students to look into the special nature of the concept of ghost in traditional China, as well as the cultural mindset that motivated the composition, collection and circulation of the ghost stories at that time. By the end of the semester, students are expected to: (1) Significantly improve their reading and writing skills in modern Chinese, and develop basic reading knowledge of classical Chinese. (2) Develop interpretative and analytical skills that are crucial for reading and understanding traditional Chinese literary stories. (3) Become familiar with traditional Chinese ghost literature and culture, and acquire basic knowledge of their origin, history and influence on Chinese culture.
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  • 82 441: Studies in Peninsular Literature and Culture

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Fall 2011 "Terror of Tolerance?: Muslims, Jews and Christians in Imperial Spain Whereas the ideas of ?limpieza de sangre?, ?pureza ling?'stica?, and strict Catholicism are used to define Imperial Spain (16th-17th Century), popular culture and the artistic/literary production of the Golden Age argue otherwise. This course will examine everything that constitutes an ?otherwise? Spain, in terms of language, literature, architecture, and religion. Students will study the impact of 7 centuries of multiculturalism on the construction of the Spanish sense of Nation, the interplay of Muslims, Jews and Christians after 1492 in spite of the Inquisition, the hybridity of the religious buildings of Andalusia, and the novelty of Aljamiado and Judeo-Spanish writings during the time. Through the works of known and unknown subjects, students will unveil a Spain full of diversity and transit, of rivalry and exchange that will inform the understanding of today's controversies and the continuous terror of real tolerance. This course is taught in Spanish and a final essay in Spanish is required. Prerequisite: Completion of 82-345 or permission of Instructor.
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  • 82 447: Modern Arabic Literature

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

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  • 82 448: Topics In Arabic Language, Literature, And Culture

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Under this course title, a broad range of topics relating to Arabic-speaking peoples are dealt with through multiple perspectives, for example, cross-cultural, literary, social, generational, developmental, linguistic, and historical. When offered, the course focuses on a particular topic and thus students may repeat with a different topic. Pre-requisites: completion of the 300 levels or permission of the instructor
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  • 82 449: Arabic Sociolinguistics

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    No course description available.
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  • 82 451: Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Latinoam?rica en sus im?genes: This course will explore representations of Latin America through a focus on film, documentaries, and the visual arts, including murals, graffiti, photos and posters. We will focus in particular on the second half of the twentieth century and the twenty-first century. The course will consider several themes: the relationships between aesthetics and socio-historical context and economic systems; how issues of race, ethnicity, gender and class are addressed in film and the visual arts; how to interpret images as cultural artifacts; how the space in which we as viewers ? in a dark theater, in an open, public space, in a museum etc. ? see an image, tempers our reception and interpretation of the work. In addition to seeing multiple films and documentaries, viewing images, we will also do readings to deepen our understanding of the historical context in which each work was produced, as well as readings of critical theory. The course is taught entirely in Spanish. Prerequisite or permission of Instructor.
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  • 82 455: Topics in Hispanic Studies

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    Fall 2011 Topics in Hispanic Studies: Cuba-Between Empire and a Hard Place The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the historical, political and social underpinnings that have created the country Cuba as it is today, and U.S. policy towards it over the past 100 years. Through historical and contemporary readings and films, current Cuban Internet sources, music, art, and discussions, the course will cover topics such as the role of race and class in the constant evolution of Cuban identity, the role of Spain or the U.S. during Cuba's colonial, (neo)colonial and Republican period, and during Revolutionary Cuba. This course in conducted entirely in Spanish. Prerequisite: Completion of 82-345 or permission of Instructor.
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  • 82 456: Topics in Hispanic Studies

    9.00 Credits
    Carnegie Mellon University

    SPRING 2011 "Popular Music and Countercultures in Latin America" In this course we will explore popular music as it appears in cultural texts (songs, albums, live performances, music videos, short stories, novels, films, documentaries, etc.) in order to understand its role in the constitution of countercultural groups at the local and global levels. In particular, we will observe how countercultural identities (national, social, sexual, racial, economic) are formed, articulated and negotiated through playing, listening and dancing to popular music. The course will focus on the cultural production of the 1960s-1980s in Latin America, and on musical genres such as rock, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms (salsa, son, bolero, guaracha, etc.), though we will make an effort to go beyond this focus and establish connections with alternate and/or more recent examples in order to enrich our understanding of the topic. Assigned texts for this course will include readings by Cort?zar, Ferr?, Agust?n, L. R. S?nchez, among others, the film La noche de los l?pices, and the documentaries Cocolos y rockeros and Buena Vista Social Club. We will also listen to a number of musical examples belonging to different regions and time periods. The course will be taught in Spanish.
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