Senior Seminar
, 3 pts, UN3991This discussion-based seminar will focus on German Romanticism. It is open to seniors and other advanced undergraduate students who have taken the Introduction to German literature or an equivalent class. Readings include texts by Ludwig Tieck, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Bettine von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, Achim von Arnim, Justinus Kerner, Edgar Allan Poe, and others. Readings and class discussions will be in German.
SENIOR SEMINAR
Required of all German majors in their senior year. Lectures and readings in German. This course explores the manifold relations between the history of the radio and radio plays throughout the 20th century. It will trace the history and theory of radio plays including Hans Flesch, Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Wolf, Günter Eich, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Peter Handke, among others. Discussions will be based on the close readings of the scripts and the analysis of the actual radio plays which will be made available as audio files.
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