GER 576

Spring 2011 All Classes

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Open Seminar in German Studies

Credit: 4 hours.

Seminar in literary phenomena (such as movements, genres and forms, relations, themes and types, interdisciplinary studies, women's studies) that go beyond the confines of a particular century.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: GER 510.

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GER 576 class schedule data for spring 2011
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39103	Lecture-Discussion	A4	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	Gregory Hall	Kaplan, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: TOPIC:W.G. Sebald. This course for undergraduate students for 3 credit hours. Meets with CWL 461, ENGL 455, and GER 496.
	43209	Lecture-Discussion	G	3:00PM -4:50PM	M	Foreign Languages Building	Geier, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: 576: Ecology and Literature: Catastrophes, Critique of Civilization and the Idea of Man (from the 19th century to the present) Natural disasters and man-made environmental catastrophes provoke literature to reflect the meaning of humankind in history and the state of society. Wilhelm Raabe's novel 'Pfisters M�hle' as well as Theodor Storm's 'Schimmelreiter' and the critique of ecology in the 1980th in literary essays by Christa Wolf, G�nter Grass and Volker Braun as well as W.G. Sebald's novel 'Die Ringe des Saturn' for instance challenge political, social, religious and scientific (especially due to the industrialization and technological progress) concepts of their time. The Critique of Civilization and Society find their expressions in different genres and writing styles. There is also a noticeable connection between ecological topics and poetological reflections in these texts. The main focus in this course lies on the connection between content (i.e. ecology as a topic) and writing strategies. Considering different approaches to Ecocriticism, we will also discuss if there is a category 'ecological writing'. Texts: Wilhelm Raabe: Pfisters M�hle; Theodor Storm: Der Schimmelreiter; W.G. Sebald: Die Ringe des Saturn; Christa Wolf: ?St�rfall. Nachrichten eines Tages?; Josef Haslinger: ?Phi Phi Island. Ein Bericht?. More texts will be provided.