GER 572

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Early Modern German Studies

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Credit: 4 hours.

Seminar in selected genres, themes, or authors of the early modern period (1500-1700).

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: GER 470.

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	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	33608	Lecture-Discussion	T	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	1136 Foreign Languages Building	Wade, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Section Info: Students interested who have not taken GER 470 please talk to the department. ?Der, Die Das Fremde vor 1750? This course focuses on alterity in late Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern German Studies with an emphasis on literary texts and their cultural contexts. Increasingly, Otherness has become a central concept for cultural discourses and pre-modern German literature is no exception. This course examines discourses of alterity from the late middle ages through the early Enlightenment with respect to religion, gender, and ethnicity as well as more with respect to esoteric Others, such as demons, monsters, witches, and fabulous beasts. Particular emphasis will be placed on ?reading the East,? as the texts often portray exotic peoples and cultures from the East. In addition to the primary texts spanning the entire pre-modern period of German literature, there will be a course reader for theoretical works and excerpts of materials not readily available. Medical, political, and gender discourses will help to inform our discussions. Several sessions will take place in the Rare Books and Manuscript Library to study rare imprints, broadsides, and maps. The thematic approach allows the course to survey important works of early literature as well as explore significant genres ranging from medieval translations and legends through the early prose novels and travelogues to drama. Framing our discussions in this way allows us to examine further concepts such as hybridity, exoticism, colonialism, aliens, and the introduction of foreign manners and dress in the context of shaping pre-modern national and cultural identity.