If you like German words like ' Fahrvergnügen', listen to Tokyo Hotel or Rammstein, enjoy Nutella, and are thinking of visiting the Oktoberfest, perhaps you'd like to find out what else the German-speaking world is all about you should take a look at GER 160C in the spring of 2012: The German-speaking world taught on T/TH afternoons.
As familiar as German culture may be, the literature of the German-speaking world is unknown to many Americans. This course provides a general survey of German-language literature not only in Germany but also in Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. Students are presented with and will experience an eclectic introduction to a number of significant, influential, and hopefully also fun cultural traditions in which German is the primary language.
Excerpt of Reading List:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust.
E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Sandman and Other Tales of Hoffmann
Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Physicists
Barbara Honigmann, A Love Made out of Nothing & Zohara’s Journey: Two Novels