Newest German Literature and Film
GRST 310
Fall 2021 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
COL 316 |
This seminar is designed to introduce students to films and literary texts produced in the German language in the past few years. Because the materials we will read and watch are of recent vintage, they are not yet part of an established canon: What their significance is and how and why we should engage with them is far from settled. For this reason, this seminar will fulfill a twofold task: (1) It will critically engage with some of the most cutting-edge literary and filmic creative work currently being done in the German language; and (2) it will offer extensive opportunities to explore and critique how these texts deal with contemporary social issues such as the revival of nationalist, Islamophobic, and authoritarian politics, the European Union's crisis of legitimacy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, or the new "social question" arising from the dismantling of the welfare state and the growing "precarization" of work. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: GRST213 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GRST-MN)(GRST) |
Major Readings:
Nele Pollatschek, DAS UNGLÜCK ANDERER LEUTE
Terezia Mora, LIEBE UNTER ALIENS
Christian Kracht, DIE TOTEN
Reinhald Goetz, JOHANN HOLTROP
Jenny Erpenbeck, GEHEN, GING, GEGANGEN
Merle Kröger, HAVARIE
David Wagner, VIER ÄPFEL
Thomas Melle, 3000 EURO
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Examinations and Assignments:
TBD |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
All readings, discussions and assignments will be in German. |
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