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  • GER 241: Themes of Childhood,Youth,and Adolescence in German Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. This course will explore images of children and adolescents in adult literature. The texts are unified themati-cally by such issues as youthful rebellion, inter-generational struggles, social initiation, and the crisis of adolescence. We shall analyze the portrayals of youth as idealized heroes, as innocent victims, and as critical witnesses of the adult world. Authors include Goethe, Stifter, Hesse, and Aichinger. We will also read Grimms' folktales, Wilhelm Busch's proto-comic book , Max und Moritz , and Heinrich Hoffmann's cautionary verse s, Der Struwwelpete r. Prerequisite: One unit, taught in German above 202, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 244: Deutschlandreisen:Fictional Journeys Through Germany

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. In this course we will read travel narratives in which important authors, painters, and film makers of the last two centuries have captured their journeys through Germany. We will ask what it is that these travelers have perceived and experienced, how they have mapped out their journeys and how they have artistically represented their experiences. Texts, paintings, and films by Heinrich Heine, Joseph von Eichendorff, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Wim Wenders, Christian Kracht, Sven Nadolny, Konstantin Faigle, Wolfgang Büscher, Andre Kaminski, and others. Prerequisite: One unit, taught in German above 202, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 246: German Autobiography

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Nolden In this course, we will read German autobiographies from several centuries to familiarize ourselves with patterns of autobiographical writ-ing as well as with important moments in German and Austrian history. Texts will be drawn from the canon of literary memoirs, but will also include the writings from scientists, politicians, and other persons of general interest. Our course will commence with passages from the memoirs of the Jewish merchant Glückl von Hameln, an example of early women's autobiographical writing. The emphasis of the course will be on the twentieth century . Prerequisite: One unit, taught in German above 202, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 250: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open by permission. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 250H: Research or Individual Study

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Prerequisite: Open by permission. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5
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  • GER 256: Culture and Politics in East Germany

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. We will trace the 40-year trajectory of the German Democratic Republic from the Cold-War context of its founding in 1949 to its demise in 1989. Our focus will be the constant interplay between culture and politics. Major events like the uprising of 17 June 1953, the building of the wall in August 1961 and its fall in 1989 will form the background for a consideration of a broad range of literary and film texts, including autobiographical writings and poetry. We will conclude with several recent German films that look back after nearly two decades to consider what daily life was like in East Germany. Topics include dealing with the Nazi past, youthful rebellion, women and family policies, and the role of the church in the ?Wende. ? Prerequisite: One unit, taught in German above 202, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 275: World War II and Its Aftermath in German Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Sixty years after the end of World War II, Germans have begun the problematic task of remembering their recent history not only as perpetrators of the war and the holocaust but also as the war's eventual victims. This course will examine repre-sentative examples of the literature memorializing World War II and its aftermath in their historical and cultural context. Texts read will in-clude novels and novellas, essays, historical accounts, and memoirs. Authors represented will include B ll, Grass, Sebald, Nossack, Trei-tel, Timm and others. Prerequisite: One unit, taught in German above 202, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 276: Franz Kafka

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. All aspects of Kafka's works and life will be explored in the historical and social context of early twentieth-century Central Europe. We will read a wide selection from his novels, e.g., The Trial; short stories, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Co-lony; parables and aphorisms; diaries and letters, such as his Letters to Felice. We will discuss the delight and difficulty of reading Kafka, his posthumous reception as a world author, and his importance as a cultural icon in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 280: German Film

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Nolden (German) This course provides a survey of the history of films made by German directors. It introduces the student to the aesthetics and politics of the individual periods of German filmmaking, among them Expressionism, Film in the Third Reich, Postwar Beginnings, and New German Cinema. We will concentrate on films by Lang, Murnau, Riefenstahl, Sierck, Staudte, Akin, Fassbinder, Wenders, and Tykwer. Students may register for either CAMS 204 or GER 280 and credit will be granted accordingly. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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  • GER 285: German Cult Texts

    3.00 Credits
    Wellesley College

    Nolden Critical analysis of works that were read with fascination and obsession by major audiences will help us understand important trends and movements in social and cultural history. Our study of the mass appeal of Kultbücher will begin with Goethe' s Werther (1774) and end with Florian Illies ? Generation Gol f (2000). Works by Nietzsche, Rilke, Hesse, and others. Primary focus on the twentieth centur y. Prerequisite: One unit, taught in German above 202, or permission of the instructor. Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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