GER 380 - Identität und Differenz

What does it mean to be a German today? Recent political, cultural and literary debates in Germany have addressed the question of who is allowed to claim Germany as their “home,” their Heimat. Literary (prose, poetry) and nonliterary texts (film, popular music, vlogs) by intercultural writers and artists of the last three decades keep challenging the narrow and exclusive concept of “Germanness.” This course will explore important moments in the history of their struggle and responses to these challenges.

Prerequisites
GER 240 or equivalent or Permission of Instructor

Credits 1

Notes
Taught in German. This course is offered at the 200-level, GER 282

Area
Humanities

Foundation
Beyond the West

Compass Attributes
Foreign Language, Global Honors, Structure/Power/Inequality, Taylor and Lane Scholars