GERMAN 330L - Ghostly Doubles and Evil Twins

Formerly Doppelganger: The Uncanny Double in World Literature and Film
3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
For more than two centuries, the figure of the doppelganger has played a major role in global folklore, fiction, popular culture and film. A doppelganger is a ghostly double of a living person and typically appears as his or her twin, shadow or mirror image, representing evil or misfortune. This course examines the doppelganger as a figure of supernatural horror that simultaneously facilities inquiries into questions of personal identity and the nature of the cinematic medium. Taught in English.

MLLC 330L and CINE 330L and GERMAN 330L are the same course.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: Humanities

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or permission of instructor

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