This course provides a critical assessment of principal works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller within the historical and philosophical context of their times.
Note: Literary works will be available in a Course Reader. Poetry by Bertolt Brecht, Erich Fried, Ingeborg Bachmann, Sarah Kirsch, Helga Novak, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Friederike Roth, and Gabriele Wohmann. Selections from narrative works by Wolfgang Borchert, Heinrich Böll, Peter Schneider, Wladimir Kaminer, Jana Hensel, and Anna Funder. Studies selected films and literary works to explore key facets of German culture and history since the end of World War II, such as the Economic Miracle, the women’s movement, the impact of guest workers, terrorism, the fall of the Berlin Wall and its aftermath, the State Secret Police in East Germany (Stasi), and the position of Turkish immigrants.įilms: Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946), Angst essen Seele auf (1974), Deutschland im Herbst (1978), Der Himmel über Berlin (1987), Das Wunder von Bern (2003), Goodbye, Lenin (2003), Gegen die Wand (2004), Das Leben der Anderen (2006).
GER 120: Survey of German Culture from 1945 to the Present Davidson, Gods & Myths of Northern Europe The course will also provide modern interpretations of the stories as well as how they would have been understood in their original context. Some elements of these societies have kept a presence in the modern world in the judicial system, rhetoric patterns and seasonal patterns. Each piece of literature reflects a unique culture and society of the time and these will be compared and contrasted. This course focuses on the mythology of the Germanic tribes during the 8th-14th centuries. Undergraduate Courses GER 48 Myth & Saga in the Germanic Cultures
All fall 2020 courses in the German & Russian Department will be held remotely (online).
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