ClassInfo - Spring 2017 German Classes

Spring 2017 | GER 3520 Section 001: Topics in Austrian and Central European Culture -- Sex in the City: Arthur Schnitzler's Vienna (68371)

Instructor(s): Jenneke Oosterhoff
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Topics Course
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017

Mon, Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Science Teaching Student Svcs 121
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Fall 2021

Course Catalog Description:

Culture, politics, and economy in Austria and Central Europe. Comparative analysis of cultural/political developments. Topics vary. prereq: 3011

Class Notes:

http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ooste003+GER3520+Spring2017

Class Description:

This course is communicatively oriented and designed to refine advanced students' oral and written expression in German and aid in the development of critical analysis skills. The cultural focus of this course is the Austro-Hungarian empire between 1890 and 1914, a short time span with huge socio-historical changes. Course topics include the role of the Habsburg monarchy, the richness of music, art and architecture, politics and antisemitism, the honor code and dueling, Freudian psychoanalysis, "male melancholy" and "female hysteria", sexual morals and practices, and more. Film screenings and other visual materials will enhance the cultural components of this course. With the exception of two background readings, all primary texts will be read in German. Class discussions and students' writings are in German.

Grading:

Response papers to readings (30%)

Short exams (20%)

Active class participation (30%)

Group presentation (10%)

Final paper (10%)

Exam Format:

Short exams, papers

Class Format:

20% Lecture
10% Film/Video
40% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations

Workload:

50-75 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Short Response Papers
1 Final Paper
1 Presentation

Textbooks:

https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68371/1173

Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:

26 October 2016

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