Newest German Literature and Film
GRST 310
Fall 2026
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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: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: GRST213 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Ingo Schulze, Simple Stories, 1998
Christian Kracht, Faserland, 1995
Jenny Erpenbeck, Heimsuchung, 2007
Yoko Tawada, Etüden im Schnee, 2014
Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Außer sich, 2017
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Additional Comments
Regular attendance, participation in class discussion, and timely completion of all assignments required. |
| Instructor(s): Simova,Ina Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: FISK122; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 1 | JR major: 4 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 1 | JR non-major: 1 | SO: 4 | FR: 1 |
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