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Root number
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515837 |
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Semester
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FS2026 |
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Type of course
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Seminar |
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Allocation to subject
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English Languages and Literatures |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
Hollywood: Words, Moving Images, and Music (MA Seminar Literature) |
| Description |
Hollywood, if Marilyn Monroe is to be believed, “is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” Maybe. Certainly, the influence of the glitzy cradle of innumerable movies has been second to none, not only in America. In this collaborative seminar, co-taught by the Institute of Musicology and the Department of English, we will look in detail at the various components contributing to a choice of Hollywood movies from different genres and periods. How do words, moving images, and music complement each other? Can they be understood on their own or only in conjunction with one another? We will moreover delve into questions of adaptation by exploring how literary texts were turned into big cinema; as the popular writer Stephen King observed, “books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.” In this seminar, we will not only taste of both fruits, but flavor them with the sweetness of music—pineapple? papaya? mango?...
Required Reading:
Films:
• Michael Curtiz, Casablanca (1942); music by Max Steiner
• John Ford, The Searchers (1956); music by Max Steiner
• Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo (1958); music by Bernard Herrmann
• Sidney Lumet, The Pawnbroker (1964); music by Quincy Jones
• Sergio Leone, Once upon a Time in the West (1968); music by Ennio Moricone
• George Lucas, Star Wars (1977); music by John Williams
Literary Texts:
• Ambrose Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (1890; PDF)
• Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s” (1940; PDF)
• Alan Le May, The Searchers (1954; PDF)
• Edward Lewis Wallant, The Pawnbroker (1961) |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
Cristina Urchueguía, Institut für Musikwissenschaft - Historische Musikwissenschaft ✉
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Prof. Dr.
Axel Stähler, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
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ECTS
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4 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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No |
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Grading
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passed/failed |
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| Dates |
Monday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
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Rooms
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| External rooms |
Seminarraum 120, Mittelstrasse 43
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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