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GERMAN 457 - Twentieth Century German Fiction
Fall 2022, Section 001 - Translating Kafka
Instruction Mode: Section 001 is  In Person (see other Sections below)
Subject: German (GERMAN)
Department: LSA Germanic Languages & Literatures
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Details

Credits:
3
Waitlist Capacity:
99
Advisory Prerequisites:
One year beyond GERMAN 232.
Other Course Info:
Taught in German.
Repeatability:
May be elected twice for credit.
Rackham Information:
Rackham credit requires additional work.
Primary Instructor:
Weineck,Silke-Maria
Start/End Date:
Full Term 8/29/22 - 12/9/22 (see other Sections below)
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Description

The goal of this seminar is to introduce students both to literary analysis and to significant aspects of German modernism. We will read short stories, poems, novels and (a few) philosophical essays written between 1880 and 1930. Issues to be discussed include: urban experience; humans and animals; the representation of consciousness; gender and power; science and literature. Authors include: Kafka, Hofmansthal, Rilke, Freud, Fleißer, Schnitzler, Benn, Döblin, and Brecht. Taught in German.

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Schedule

GERMAN 457 - Twentieth Century German Fiction
Schedule Listing
001 (REC)
 In Person
29964
Open
4
 
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TuTh 5:30PM - 7:00PM2011 MLB
8/29/22 - 12/9/22

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