Introduction to German Studies

4.0 credits

This course will introduce students to reading and interpretive practices that are the foundation of German cultural studies. Throughout the semester, we will engage with several classic 20th century German films and novels with formal analytic tools, with an emphasis on building our technical vocabularies. We will consider several historical contexts as they are refracted in media – Weimar, "Economic Miracle", Divided Germany, Reunification, etc. GRMN 202 is a core class required for both the major and the minor.