GERMAN 425 - Culture and Society in Weimar Germany

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

A critical exploration of German literature, theater, visual arts, architecture, and film in the period from 1918 to 1933. TheWeimar Republic witnessed the emergence of a distinctive brand of modernism, characterized by an unprecedented openness to mass culture and to new technologies of reproduction. Students analyze works of literature and art in their relation to the rapid technological and social modernization that shaped the period, and to the profound sociopolitical conflicts to which this process gave rise.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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