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GERM 343

Cultures in the 20th and 21st Centuries

3 units

Fall 2021

Topics

  • German-speaking societies since 1945
  • Holocaust memory
  • East Germany and reunification
  • Migration and race

Readings

  • Williams, Raymond. “The Analysis of Culture.”
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  • Assmann, Jan. Das kulturelle Gedächtnis. Excerpt.
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  • Adorno, Theodor W. “Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft: Gedichte nach Auschwitz.”
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  • Celan, Paul. “Todesfuge.”
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  • Weiss, Peter. Die Ermittlung. Excerpt.
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  • Farin, Klaus. “Vaterlose Jugend”; “Die Halbstarken.”
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  • Röper, Erich. “Die Mauer in Westdeutschen Köpfen.”
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  • DDR-Verfassung. Excerpt.
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  • Biermann, Wolf. Selected poetry.
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  • “Die Rote Armee aufbauen.”
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  • Illies, Florian. Generation Golf. Excerpt.
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  • Hensel, Jana. Zonenkinder. Excerpt.
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  • “Tut doch nicht so, als sei alles in Ordnung.”
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  • Kaminer, Wladimer [as printed]. Russendisko. Excerpt.
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  • Tawada, Yoko. “Von der Muttersprache zur Sprachmutter.”
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  • Ayim, May. Blues in Schwarz Weiß. Excerpt.
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  • Zeh, Juli. Unterleuten. Excerpt.
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  • “Bei den Sklaven des Spaßes.”
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  • Gülay, Cem, and Helmut Kuhn. Kein Döner Land. Excerpt.
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  • “Rassismus im Alltag”; “#MeTwo offenbart alltäglichen Rassismus in Deutschland.”
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