GERM 343
Cultures in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Fall 2021
Topics
- German-speaking societies since 1945
- Holocaust memory
- East Germany and reunification
- Migration and race
Readings
- Williams, Raymond. “The Analysis of Culture.”
- Assmann, Jan. Das kulturelle Gedächtnis. Excerpt.
- Adorno, Theodor W. “Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft: Gedichte nach Auschwitz.”
- Celan, Paul. “Todesfuge.”
- Weiss, Peter. Die Ermittlung. Excerpt.
- Farin, Klaus. “Vaterlose Jugend”; “Die Halbstarken.”
- Röper, Erich. “Die Mauer in Westdeutschen Köpfen.”
- DDR-Verfassung. Excerpt.
- Biermann, Wolf. Selected poetry.
- “Die Rote Armee aufbauen.”
- Illies, Florian. Generation Golf. Excerpt.
- Hensel, Jana. Zonenkinder. Excerpt.
- “Tut doch nicht so, als sei alles in Ordnung.”
- Kaminer, Wladimer [as printed]. Russendisko. Excerpt.
- Tawada, Yoko. “Von der Muttersprache zur Sprachmutter.”
- Ayim, May. Blues in Schwarz Weiß. Excerpt.
- Zeh, Juli. Unterleuten. Excerpt.
- “Bei den Sklaven des Spaßes.”
- Gülay, Cem, and Helmut Kuhn. Kein Döner Land. Excerpt.
- “Rassismus im Alltag”; “#MeTwo offenbart alltäglichen Rassismus in Deutschland.”
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- GERM 343 POSTWAR CULTURES · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- GERM 343 A2: Postwar Cultures ↗2015
- GERM 343 A2: Postwar Cultures ↗2016
- GERM 343 A1- Postwar Cultures ↗2017
- GERM 343 A1- Postwar Cultures ↗2018
- GERM 343 A2 - Postwar Cultures ↗2019
- GERM 343 A1 Postwar Cultures ↗2021
- The syllabus also lists songs and five films; these are not all enumerated in the reading bibliography.