2009 Fall GERMAN 148S-01
Bulletin Course Description Focus on aspects of German literature and cultural studies. Topics vary. Instructor: Staff
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Title SP TOP GER LIT & CULTURE Department GERMAN Course Number 2009 Fall 148S Section Number 01 Primary Instructor Fricker,Christophe E A Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
Contemporary German Culture after Unification
This course will examine German political culture and cultural politics in 1989 and in 2009. In the first part of the course we will zoom in on the year 1989 and follow the
events on an almost day-by-day basis, through the lens of both contemporary accounts(speeches, images, videos) and later analyses. We will ask to what extent the events
(so-called "Fall" of the Wall up to reunification) were unexpected, without alternative,and successful. We will then trace the subsequent career of a number of ideas, people and books into the 90s and 2000s.
Textbooks
Online news sources and images; speeches, manifestos, poems and short prose excerpts; sociological and electoral data
Assignments
readings, essays
Grade to be based on
essays, exams, discussions
Additional Information
Prerequisite: German 117 or equivalent.
