The course topics are focused on discussion of the films viewed in class and readings from the two required texts:
- Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 4th ed. Essex: Pearson Longman, 2000.
- Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Reading Questions
Calendar.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| 1 |
Introduction to the Course |
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| 2 |
Introduction to the Issues |
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| Dissenters on Trial |
| 3 |
The Trial of Socrates |
Paper Topics are Due in Class |
| 4 |
Joan of Arc |
Initial Bibliography is Due in Class |
| 5 |
Galileo |
|
| 6 |
Scopes |
Annotated Bibliography is Due in Class |
| Society on Trial |
| 7 |
Salem Witch Trials |
|
| 8 |
Victorian Trials |
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| Transitional Justice |
| 9 |
The Trials of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette |
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| 10 |
Soviet Agitation and Show Trials |
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| 11 |
Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal |
Final Papers are Due |
| 12 |
Human Rights Trials and Truth Commissions |
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