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 126-074 German Cultural Studies A

Note

Formerly available as 126-107. Students who have completed 126-107 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

European studies students wishing to enrol in this subject would normally have completed first year European studies, see Prerequisites.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject is an introduction to the cultural study of the German nation. Students will be introduced to a range of seminal 19th and 20th century German texts of a political, literary and social nature which cast light on Germany's emergence as a 'cultural nation'. In the process students will encounter different interpretative approaches to cultural studies in German. On completion of the subject students should have an understanding of the cultural, intellectual and social framework that shaped Germany in the period 1945 to 1990. No knowledge of the German language is required.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts

  • R Burns (ed), German Cultural Studies. An Introduction. OUP, 1995.


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