Spring 2023
SCANDIN 115 001 - LEC 001
Studies in Drama and Film
Danish Film & Television in a Global Context
Tim Tangherlini
Class #:30827
Units:4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Scandinavian
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 22
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 22
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, 9 to 6 hours of outside work hours, and 0 to 3 hours of instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities.
Final Exam
MON, MAY 8TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Mulford 240
Other classes by Tim Tangherlini
Course Catalog Description
Variable subject matter. Sample topics: history of Scandinavian drama and films of such directors as Ingmar Bergman and Carl Dreyer. Readings and discussion in English.
Class Description
The goal of the course is to understand recent Danish production in the context of global cultural flows, and understand how production from the edges—the challenging positionality of a small national cinema/television—has certain affordances that allow for an exploration of issues such as identity (racial, ethnic, national, gender, individual/group) and transgression that might otherwise be constrained. Rather than focus on the films of a particular director, which one often does in “auteur centered” classes or on films clustered around a particular topic, such as childhood, in this class we take a deliberately broad approach to the development of recent film and television in Denmark, using the concept of “transgression” as a unifying trope for our discussions. The course focuses on several important developments in newer Danish film and television, with an emphasis on Danish cinema starting with the Dogme movement of the early 1990s.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
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