GERM 202(S) Introduction to German Studies

This course will follow German literary and intellectual history from 1760 to the present in the context of major social and political movements in Germany and Europe. Sample topics of discussion include: questions of national identity, self and society in the modern German tradition, and the historical reception of industrialization and technology in Central Europe. Various critical approaches will be used in examining issues of genre, periodization, and the interrelationship between literature, culture and history. Readings by Goethe, Kleist, Marx, Nietzsche, Kafka, E. T. A. Hoffmann, M#rike, Freud, D#rrenmatt, and B. Strauss, among others. Conducted in German. Requirements: active class participation, one class presentation, midterm and final exams. Prerequisite: German 109 or equivalent preparation.

Hour:  NEWMAN