Universität Wien

124070 VO Culture, Society and the Media (2023S)

Austrians in Hollywood

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 10.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 17.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 24.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 31.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 21.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 28.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 05.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 12.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 19.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 26.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 02.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 09.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 16.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03
  • Friday 23.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal C1 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-O1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This lecture course will focus on the impact of Austrian (and some *German) artists on US cinema, literature, and popular culture from the 1930s to the 1960s: Fred Astaire (alias Frederick Austerlitz), (*Marlene Dietrich), Hedy Lamarr, Frederic Morton (alias Fritz Mandelbaum), Menyhért Lengyel, Fritz Lang, (*Ernst Lubitsch), (*Thomas Mann), Max Reinhardt, Johnny Weissmuller, Franz Werfel, Billy Wilder etc.

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be a final written exam (onsite) at the end of the term covering the required reading and the issues discussed in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The exam consists of 2 parts (with 20 points each) which both need to be positive.
Part 1: short and precise answers to some 10 to 15 questions
Part 2: well-structured coherent essay-like text (about 450 words)
minimum score to pass: 21 out of 40 points; 10.5 in each part
40.0 - 36.0 = 1
35.5 - 31.5 = 2
31.0 - 26.5 = 3
26.0 - 21.0 = 4
20.5 - 0 = 5

Examination topics

The required reading and the topics covered in class

Reading list

Erhard Bahr, Weimar on the Pacific. German Exile Culture in Los Angeles and the Crisis of Modernism. University of California Press: Berkeley, 2007.

Dieter Fuchs, "Austro-Amerikanischer Kulturtransfer im Zeichen Max Reinhardts: das Theater in der Josefstadt 1945-60". In Mengel, E., Schnauder, L. & Weiss, R. (eds.). Weltbühne Wien - World Stage Vienna: Die Rezeption anglophoner Dramen auf Wiener Bühnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Vol. 2. Trier: WVT, 2010. 181-220.

Jacqueline Vasant, Austria Made in Hollywood. Camden House: New York, 2019.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612, EC 125, EC 126; BEd 046
Code/Modul: BA07.1, EC Cultural and Regional Studies 1; BEd Modul 10
Lehrinhalt: 12-4070

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