Karein Goertz

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Karein Goertz

Lecturer IV, German

Office Location(s): 114 Greene
Phone: 734.647.4381
goertz@umich.edu

  • About

    Karein’s research and teaching experiences encompass 20th century literary and cultural trends in the United States, Germany and France. She is particularly interested in Modernist literature, representations of the Holocaust and War, depictions of cities and urban life, German film, multiculturalism in literature, Berlin and the teaching of the German language.

    Recent Courses

    German Readings
    Holocaust in Literature and Film
    Arts and Ideas of the 20th Century

    Selected Articles

    Translation of German Fairy Tales by Anne-Marie Dittmann (2008)

    Articles on German culture for online high school German language course (2007)

    “Tracking Berlin along the S-Bahn Line” (2004)

    “The Holocaust Novel: Henri Raczymow” (2004)

    “THe Holocaust Novel: Myriam Anissimov” (2004)

    “Writing from the Secret Annex: The Case of Anne Frank” (2003)

    “Showing her Colors: An Afro-German writes the Blues in Black and White” (2003