Introduction to German Studies: From Tacitus to Günter Grass
GRST 299
Spring 2008 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
COL 299, GELT 299 |
The annual Seminar in German Studies serves as an introduction to the increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary field of German studies. The goal of the seminar is to help students critically examine significant themes in the culture of the German-speaking countries through a variety of media and genres (literature, music, the visual arts, philosophy, and historiography). The course will emphasize the improvement of analytic and interpretive skills and the expression of complex problems in a concise and lucid fashion. The topic for 2007 is the formation of the cultural and national identities of the German-speaking areas of Europe. Drawing on a wide range of materials, we will examine crucial periods and events in the history of these areas, including the flowering of literature in the High Middle Ages; the religious crisis of the Reformation; the chaos of the Thirty Years' War; the emergence of rationalism and the anti-rationalist backlash in the Enlightenment and romanticism; revolutionary and nationalist currents in the 19th century; the cultural ferment in Vienna, Munich, and Berlin before and after World War I; the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust; the division of postwar Germany; and reunification and its aftermath. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
John Ardagh, GERMANY AND THE GERMANS;
Peter Pulzer, GERMANY, 1870-1945 (1997);
Lothar Kettenacker, GERMANY SINCE 1945(1997);
Wolfgang Borchert, MAN OUTSIDE;
Guenter Grass, THE TIN DRUM and THE PLEBIANS REHEARSE THE UPRISING;
Peter Weiss, THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE;
Christa Wolf, PATTERNS OF CHILDHOOD;
Sarah Kirsch, THE PANTHER WOMAN;
Dodds/Allen-Thompson, eds., THE WALL IN MY BACKYARD; Stefan Hermlin, EVENING LIGHT
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers (8-10 pages), no final examination. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course is required for all German Studies majors. |
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