126-074 German Cultural Studies A

This subject is taught in English and cannot be included in a German major.

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

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.

Written work totalling 4000 words.

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