GER 201

Spring 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

German Popular Culture

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Credit: 3 hours.

Introduction to the study of modern and contemporary german culture through examining examples of popular culture from the late-eighteenth century to the present. Looks at texts and films as a mirror and critique of modern German society. Topics to be discussed: nationalism, gender, ethnicity, minority cultures, Jewish life in Germany, German images of other cultures, etc. Course taught in English.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Cultural Studies - Western

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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GER 201 class schedule data for spring 2026
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	63431	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	323 Education Building	Jenkins, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Title: Humor in German pop-culture Section Info: This course will look at what it means to be ‘humorous’ (including satire & irony) giving examples in German-language popular culture, including stories, cinema, television, stand-up, music, and YouTube. In particular, the course will analyze how humor is expressed within German popular culture in order to comment on society in a critical way. To put this another way, we will use German-language cultural works to explore the main question: What is the function of German popular humor? We will consider several related sub-questions: Is humor a “low form” of cultural representation? Is humor essentially derived from distain of or condescension toward others? the object of the joke? the BUTT of the joke, in English? This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for Western Literature and the Arts or Western Cultural Studies.