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Rubble, Ruins and Romanticism
Martina Moeller
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Paperback. Examines the so-called rubble films, usually seen as simplistic texts reaffirming "good Germans during bad times" views, finding in some of them visual and narrative romantic discourse which provokes critical discussion on German national identity in the wake of the Third Reich. Num Pages: 320 pages, 33 b/w & 11 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Traditional criticism on German post-war cinema tends to define rubble films as simplistic texts of low artistic quality which serve to reaffirm the spectator's image of him or herself as »a good German« during »bad times«. Yet this study asserts that some rubble films are actually informed by a type of visual and narrative Romantic discourse which aims at provoking a »critical discussion« on German national identity and its reconstruction in the aftermath of the Third Reich. Considering the lack of previous analyses with regard to the key aspects of Romantic visual style, narration and literary motifs in rubble films, ... Read more
Traditional criticism on German post-war cinema tends to define rubble films as simplistic texts of low artistic quality which serve to reaffirm the spectator's image of him or herself as »a good German« during »bad times«. Yet this study asserts that some rubble films are actually informed by a type of visual and narrative Romantic discourse which aims at provoking a »critical discussion« on German national identity and its reconstruction in the aftermath of the Third Reich. Considering the lack of previous analyses with regard to the key aspects of Romantic visual style, narration and literary motifs in rubble films, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837621839
SKU
V9783837621839
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About Martina Moeller
Martina Möller (PhD) works as a DAAD lecturer at the German Department at the Université Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco. Her research interests include German cinema, film theory and intercultural literature.
Reviews for Rubble, Ruins and Romanticism
»Moeller liefert einen wichtigen und produktiven Beitrag zur weiteren Ausdifferenzierung einer spezifisch filmischen Krisenästhetik. Ihre Studie macht deutlich, dass sowohl die neoformalistische Filmanalyse als auch der Rückbezug auf Motive der Romantik Potenzial für die weitere Untersuchung anderer Krisenästhetiken bereithalten.« Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, MEDIENwissenschaft, 2 (2016) Reviewed in: www.hhprinzler.de, 13.12.2013, Hans Helmut Prinzler GERMANISTIK, 55/3-4 (2014)