General information

Course name	Seminar: 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-04 Environmentalism and Film
Subtitle
Course number	10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-04
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	57
expected number of participants	20
Home institute	Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
First date	Wednesday, 09.04.2025 14:15 - 15:45, Room: GW2 B2890
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja

Lecturers

Dr. Karin Esders-Angermund

Rooms and times

GW2 B2890: Wednesday: 14:15 - 15:45, weekly (14x)

Module assignments

Universität Bremen
- English-Speaking Cultures: Language, Text, Media - English-Speaking Cultures: Language, Text, Media (MPO 2018), 2. Version valid from WiSe 2024/2025
  - English-Speaking Cultures: Language, Text, Media, MA E-SC (gültig ab WiSe 2018/19)
    - 10-ANG-MA-ExMo1 - Erweiterungsmodul 1 (valid from WiSe 2018/2019)
      - Lehrveranstaltung zum Modul ExMo1 (Seminar 2)
    - 10-ANG-MA-ExMo2 - Erweiterungsmodul 2 (valid from WiSe 2018/2019)
      - Lehrveranstaltung zum Modul ExMo2 (Seminar 2)
- Transnationale Literaturwissenschaft: Literatur, Theater, Film - Transnationale Literaturwissenschaft: Literatur, Theater und Film (MPO 2012/2016), 3. Version valid from SoSe 2024
  - Wahlpflichtbereich - Praxismodule
    - 10-ROM-MA-TnL-Pra II F - Praxismodul IIc Film (valid from WiSe 2023/2024)
      - Seminar (Seminar/ Praxismodul II c Film)

Comment/Description

In this course environmental issues will become our lens through which we will look at a number of mainstream and independent films. How do these films present relations between human and environment, destruction and resilience? In how far do they depend on spectacular performances of devastation and individualistic heroism? And in how far can they offer narrative and aesthetic alternatives to formulaic storytelling? Moreover, what are the possible repercussions
on reception and spectatorship?
In the first part of the course, we will develop a theoretical framework that can help us to critically analyze and assess ecocinema.
Requirements:
- active participation
- in-depth knowledge of the films and the reading material
- non-graded assessment: oral presentation (handout and PowerPoint presentation)
- graded assessment: oral presentation and written term paper to be submitted by September 15.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

Seminar: 10-M80-2-ExMo1+2-04 Environmentalism and Film - Details