In September 1939 the British Ministry of Information was founded, which controlled how news of the war was conveyed to the British public. It also coordinated the making of feature films that were supposed to support the war effort by disseminating British and Allied propaganda in entertainment form. The deployment of women in the Forces, the relations between the sexes during wartime and the conflicts that arose afterwards, when men returned from the fronts to their families and their jobs, were some of the recurring themes in these films. In this class, we will analyse some of these films to see how they negotiate the fundamental upheavals to family lives and gender roles during the war and after.
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| weekly | Mo | 12-14 | 13.04.-24.07.2026 |
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| 23-ANG-AngPM2.1_a Profile Module 2.1: British Studies Profilmodul 2.1: British Studies | 2.1.3 Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngPM2_a Profile Module 2: British Studies Profilmodul 2: British Studies | 2.3 Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 23-ANG-AngVM1 Advanced Module 1: Britain Vertiefungsmodul 1: Britain | 1.2 British Literature: Genre, Periods, Authors | Study requirement
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| 1.3 British Cultural Studies: Theories, Periods, Media | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-AngVM6 Advanced Module 6: Media, Arts & Communication Vertiefungsmodul 6: Media, Arts & Communication | VM 6.1 Theoretical and Historical Contexts | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-Profil4 Profile Module 4: Advanced British and American Studies Profilmodul 4: Advanced British and American Studies | Profil4.2 British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| Profil4.3 British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-Profil4_G Profile Module 4_G: Advanced British and American Studies Profilmodul 4_G: Advanced British and American Studies | Profil4.2_G British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| Profil4.3_G British Literature and Culture OR American Literature and Culture | Study requirement
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| 23-ANG-Profil6 Profile Module 6: Media, Communication and Creative Practices Profilmodul 6: Media, Communication and Creative Practices | Profil6.1 Media and Communication | Study requirement
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| 23-LIT-BM1 Basismodul 1: Gattungsperspektiven Basismodul 1: Gattungsperspektiven | Gattungen und ihre Grenzen | Study requirement
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| Genres, Textsorten, Mischformen | Study requirement
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| 23-LIT-LitP8 English Literature Englischsprachige Literaturen | Englischsprachige Literaturen in exemplarischen Lektüren 1 | Study requirement
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| Englischsprachige Literaturen in exemplarischen Lektüren 2 | Study requirement
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| Englischsprachige Literaturen: Traditionen, Gattungen, Motive | Study requirement
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