Deutschland 83 Language

Question 1

Apply Propps Character Theory to the characters (4)

Answer 1

-Martin Rauch (hero)
-Annet Schneider (princess)
-Lenora Rauch (false hero)
-general Wolfgang (villain)

Question 2

Apply Barthes (2)

Answer 2

-cultural codes, army uniforms & supermarket products
-coffee and bananas are luxury by lenora to take back to east

Question 3

Apply Neale 4,2

Answer 3

repetition:
-narrative is conventional, see through spys perspective
conventions of TV drama:
- left on cliff hangers
-multiple sub plots
-high budget creating escapism

difference:
-hybrid genre (spy and period drama)
-not a trained spy, unlike james bond

Question 4

Apply Baudrillard 4

Answer 4

-pastiche of 80s germany
-intertextual references to Reagans speech on ‘evil empire’
-poster is briccollage, fruit, missiles, fence
-simulation of pre existing family life