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Fall 2017 | GER 3441 Section 001: 20th-/21st-Century Literature (34543)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Peik Hall 165
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- German literature, from 1890 to present, in historical, political, social, and cultural context. prereq: 3011
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mrothe+GER3441+Fall2017
- Class Description:
This seminar is designed to introduce students to literary texts written in the German language in the last few years. Because the texts we will read are of such recent vintage, they are not yet part of a literary canon: What their significance is, how and why we should read them is far from settled. For this reason, this seminar will fulfill a twofold task: 1) It will critically engage with some of the most cutting-edge literary writing currently being done in the German language; 2) it will offer extensive opportunities to explore and critique how these texts deal with contemporary social issues such as the ongoing refugee crisis and the revival of nationalist and authoritarian politics; the accelerating of socio-economic inequality or the disintegration of the welfare states.
This seminar is part of a collaboration between the German Departments at Wesleyan and the University of Minnesota. Some assignments require that students collaborate with their peers at the partnering institution. The two instructors will co-teach one session at each institution.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- The class will be conducted in German; everybody with sufficient reading/listening/speaking knowledge is welcome
- Learning Objectives:
- Familiarity with contemporary forms of literature and their interconnection with social and political matters; literature as a unique source of knowledge
- Grading:
- 30% group presentation; 40% collective writing; 30% final essay (German and English)
- Exam Format:
- final essay
- Class Format:
- 30% lecture; 30% group work; 20% plenum discussion; 20% Skype discussions
- Workload:
- 1 group presentation; 3 to 4 collectively written texts (approx. 3 pages); 1 final essay (10 to 12 pages); approx. 30 pages reading per week (course packet)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34543/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 February 2017
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