GER 396

Spring 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 25-May 5

Special Topics German Studies

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introductory study in such topics as individual authors, selected literary movements or periods, modes of inquiry in literary study, minor genres, subgenres, extraliterary influences, etc.

Same as CWL 328. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Reading fluency in German beyond the fourth-semester college level.

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GER 396 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	71772	Online	A	12:30PM -1:50PM	TR	n.a.	Pinkert, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Babylon Berlin Section Info: In 1929, Berlin, the capital of the Weimar Republic, was known to be a hedonistic city of extremes: corrupt wealth and power existed alongside destitute poverty and an underground world of wild parties and glamour. In this course we take the internationally acclaimed televisions series “Babylon Berlin” as a starting point to explore the so-called Golden Twenties in Germany. The period began with the end of World War I and came to a close with the Wall Street Crash of 1929, shortly before Hitler’s rise to power. The 2017 neo-noir television series follows two heroes, Gereon Rath, a young police inspector who is on a secret mission to dismantle a crime ring, and Charlotte Ritter, a police clerk by day, and flapper by night. Both get caught up in the newly emerging entertainment industry and the social and political unrest of the time period. We will watch selected episodes as window into this era of the roaring twenties when people faced an uncertain future and great polarization between the political Left and Right. Examining literature, art, photography, movies, cabaret and fashion as well as sources about psychology, criminology, mysticism, dance, drugs, music, race, gender and sexuality we aim to understand the world which the heroes traverse historically, and also how the show was made. Students will practice reading moving images and advance their skills in cultural and historical analysis, and writing. In addition to required reading material, students need to have access to Netflix. The course is taught in English, no knowledge of German needed.