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3.00 Credits
From the Middle Ages to the Weimar Republic, a chronological study of the major trends in German history and culture as reflected in literature, art, music, and philosophy. Reading of German expository prose, accompanied by documentary texts and short films. Prerequisite: German 135. Four credit hours.
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An exploration of German culture through an analysis of German films from the silent movies of the 1920s to the movies of a unified Germany. Conducted in German. Prerequisite: German 128. Four credit hours.
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4.00 Credits
Fairy tales permeate our culture on every level; they shape how we think about ourselves and the world around us. The role of the fairy tale in the construction of culture, examining traditional tales and their reincarnation in advertisements, comics, literature, art, and film. How the fairy tale has changed and how these changes reflect social, political, economic, and cultural concerns. Conducted in English; no knowledge of German required. Open to first-year students. Four credit hours. L.
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Introduction to German-speaking literature and film by writers and filmmakers of African (May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye), Japanese (Yoko Tawada), Jewish (Paul Celan, Barbara Honigmann), Romanian (Herta M ller, Richard Wagner), Russian (Vladimir Kaminer), and Turkish (Emine Sevgi zdamar, Feridan Zaimoglu, Fatih Akin) backgrounds. Emphasis on contemporary literature, with background readings from the Enlightenment through the present. Examination of creative approaches to issues of migration, exile, and globalization, with focus on language politics, identity formation, gender, history and memory, and the multicultural city. Counts toward the German major or minor. Open to first-year students. Conducted in English. Four credit hours. L, I. A. KOCH
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3.00 Credits
Is literature the domain of youth This conversation and composition course investigates the representations and misrepresentations of youth and popular cultures in contemporary Germany. Explores youth and popular cultures by way of a novel, short stories, poems, essays, Internet articles, songs, and films. Compares youth cultures past and present as well as those in Germany and the United States by writing blogs, journals, and essays. Prerequisite: German 128. Four credit hours. SHAHAN
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3.00 Credits
An informal weekly meeting for students at the advanced level for conversation practice. Source materials include newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary German film, television broadcasts, and podcasts, along with other media. Conducted in German. Does not count toward the language requirement or the German major or minor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: German 128. Nongraded. One credit hour. RADWAN
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3.00 Credits
An informal weekly meeting for students at the advanced level for conversation practice. Source materials include newspaper and magazine articles, contemporary German film, television broadcasts, and podcasts, along with other media. Conducted in German. Does not count toward the language requirement or the German major or minor. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: A 200-level German course. Nongraded. One credit hour. RADWAN
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What does a text sound like How and why do texts repeatedly turn to songs, volume, tempo, remixing and sampling Examines the echoes of acoustic influence in German-language literature from Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht's writings on radio through contemporary musical-literary moments in Rainald Goetz's Rave and Benjamin von Stuckrade-Baare's Soloalbum. As we listen or read tracks we will investigate sonic structures that purvey literary text. Is it just about listening to music while reading or is it about listening to music instead of reading Most importantly, can I rock out to a book on my iPod Prerequisite: A 200-level German course. Four credit hours. L. SHAHAN
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3.00 Credits
Individual projects in areas where the student has demonstrated the interest and competence necessary for independent work. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Two to four credit hours. FACULTY
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3.00 Credits
Critically assesses ways German art and culture engage with ideologies and questions of personal, cultural, and political concepts of identity. Among key ideas, the persistent "German question," along with notions of Heimat, regional and transnational belonging, gender, language politics, class, race. Discussions based on representative readings (poetry, prose, and drama), forms of artistic expression (music, visual art, and film), theory and secondary literature from the Enlightenment through the present-day Berlin Republic. Students write weekly response papers and short critical essays, participate in a writing workshop, complete a final research paper in German, and present research findings in a public symposium. Prerequisite: A 300-level German course and senior standing. Four credit hours. L. A. KOCH
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