Spring 2020  |  GER 5510 Section 001: Topics in Contemporary German Culture -- German Comic Strips and Graphic Novels (67989)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Meets With:
GER 3510 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 8
Enrollment Status:
Open (2 of 5 seats filled)
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Course Catalog Description:
A topic of contemporary German culture explored in depth. prereq: 3011
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?singerr+GER5510+Spring2020
Class Description:

German comic strips? Seriously? Undoubtedly, today's comic strip super powers are the US, Japan, France,

and Belgium. But when American comic strips were born around 1900, their »midwife« was the German

»Bildergeschichte« - a graphic narrative combining pictures and rhymed captions. For instance, »Max and

Moritz«, the story of two rascals who raise hell in a North German village, was the model for

»Katzenjammer Kids«, a newspaper comic strip originally aimed at German immigrants, which is still in

existence today.

So then, what did the Germans do with that American version of the »Bildergeschichte« called the »comic

strip« when it finally came to Germany after World War II? And what do German comic strips tell us about

the Germans, their everyday-life, collective dreams, sense of humor, fears, and their history? Comics are a

fascinating window into another culture - and a fun way of improving your language skills! This course will

cover German »Bildergeschichten« and comics from the 19th century to the present, with a special

emphasis on the topic of childhood and on recent graphic novels.

However, in this course (conducted in German) you will not only learn a lot about German comics, German

culture and language, but also about the history of American comics and about the »language« of comic

strips: How do they manage to tell a story through a sequence of pictures? How do words and images

work together? What is the secret of inventing captivating plots and fascinating characters?
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67989/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 November 2019

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