Studies in German Culture II

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course offers a broad survey of cultural developments in German-speaking Europe from the beginning of the 19th century to the present, including developments in art, architecture, music, and the social/political background. Writings by authors such as E.T.A. Hoffmann, Marx, Freud, Kafka, Brecht, and Christa Wolf will allow for discussion of themes and issues in the context of their times. Cross-listed: GERM-2102(3) and GERM-3102(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and GERM-2102 | GERM-3102. Requisite Courses: GERM-2109 or GERM-2110 [prerequisite(s)]. HIST-2325 (3 or 6) Tsars and Peoples: Medieval and Imperial Russia (3 hrs Lecture) This course provides a survey of Russian history and civilization from 800 to 1917. Topics include the founding of the Russian state, the Tsarist Empire and the Revolutions of 1917. Important political and cultural personalities discussed include Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Tchaikowsky, Tolstoy, and Lenin. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-2317 | HIST-2321 | HIST-3205 | HIST-3305. HIST-2326 (3 or 6) Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia: Communism, Revolutions, War, and Wealth (3 hrs Lecture) This course provides a survey of Russian history and civilization since the Bolshevik Revolution. Topics include the formation of the Soviet state, Stalinism, World War II, the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the new Russia. Important cultural and political personalities discussed include Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev, Solzhenitsyn, and Shostakovich. Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and HIST-2317 | HIST-2321 | HIST-3205 | HIST-3305.