GER 472

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Realism to Expressionism

Credit: 3 hours.

Literary, thematic, cultural, and bibliographical analysis of the major authors, works, genres, and movements in German literature from 1830 to 1920.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 6 graduate hours if topic varies.

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GER 472 class schedule data for fall 2025
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	57750	Lecture-Discussion	X	3:00PM -4:50PM	T	1038 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Niekerk, C	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Section Title: German-Jewish Lit & Culture Section Info: GER 472 / 574: German-Jewish Literature from Salomon Maimon to Franz Kafka In English! This course focuses on expressions of the Jewish experience in German-language literature of the long nineteenth century. The main focus of the course will be the “dual identity” (Mendes-Flohr) experienced by German Jews writing in German. The course will reconstruct the historical and cultural environments in which German Jews wrote, including the rise of racism and antisemitism in the nineteenth century. Authors discussed include Salomon Maimon, Rahel Varnhagen, Heinrich Heine, Berthold Auerbach, Arthur Schnitzler, Karl Kraus, Franz Kafka, and Joseph Roth; theoretical readings by Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Sander L. Gilman, and Ritchie Robertson.