Ametsbichler, Elizabeth Graff

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University of MontanaScholarWorks at University of MontanaSyllabi Course SyllabiSpring 2-1-2018GRMN 352H.01: German Culture 1900 to thePresentElizabeth Graff AmetsbichlerThe University of Montana, liz.ametsbichler@umontana.eduLet us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabiThis Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted forinclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contactscholarworks@mso.umt.edu.Recommended CitationAmetsbichler, Elizabeth Graff, "GRMN 352H.01: German Culture 1900 to the Present" (2018). Syllabi. 7805.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/78051  GRMN 352H: GERMAN CULTURE – ROMANTICISM TO THE PRESENT  Spring 2018 MWF: 2:00-2:50 in LA 234 Professor Ametsbichler (liz.ametsbichler@mso.umt.edu) Office: LA 332; Office Hours: MW @3:00; T @ 2:00; F @ 12:00; and by appointment Tel.: 243-5001  Course Schedule: NOTE: This schedule is tentative and subject to change as the semester progresses, which is another reason why class attendance is mandatory.  Mon. 1/22: Introduction and Background    I. 1800 – 1871: Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Gründerzeit – Culture and Politics through 1871 Wed. 1/24 – Wed. 2/7  Fri. 2/2: Library visit with Megan Stark (meet at Library: MLIB 283) Readings:  Ozment: Begin Section III “Enlightenment, Reaction, and a New Age”;    Chapter 6: “Trojan Horses: From the French to the German Revolution” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Selected Poems Heinrich Heine: Selected Poems E.T.A. Hoffmann: “The Sandman“ Romantic Music and Painting  Ozment: Chapter 7, “Absolute Spirit and Absolute People: The Intellectual Torrents of the 19th Century”    II. 1871-1914: Bismarck, Wilhelm I (King and Emperor), Turn-of-the-Century, Wilhelm II (German Philosophy and Politics from Early-to-Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century) Fri. 2/9 – Wed. 2/21  Fri. 2/9: Website Essay (1st Draft) Due   MONDAY 2/19: Presidents’ Day Holiday   Readings:  Ozment: Chapter 8, “Revolutionary Conservatism: The Age of Bismarck”     Schnitzler: Fräulein Else Kafka: Short Stories  Ozment: Begin Section IV: “Germans in the Modern World”; Chapter 9, “The Last Empire: From Wilhelmine to Weimar Germany” (pp. 227-41)  2  Fin-de-siècle Art  III. 1914-1933: WWI and the Weimar Republic Fri. 2/23 – Wed. 3/7   Fri. 2/23: Website Essay (2nd Draft) Due  Readings: Ozment: Finish Chapter 9 (pp. 241-53)      Film:  All Quiet on the Western Front  IV. 1933-1945: The Nazi Regime and the Holocaust Fri. 3/9 – Fri. 4/6  Fri. 3/9: Annotated Bibliography and Research Prospectus (1st Draft) Due   Fri. 3/23: Annotated Bibliography and Research Prospectus (2nd Draft) Due   Fri. 3/23: MIDTERM   MONDAY 3/23 – 3/30: SPRING BREAK  Readings:  Ozment: Chapter 10 “The Barbarian Prince: The Rise and Fall of National Socialism”  Films: Nazi Propaganda; 38-Vienna; The Counterfeiter   V. 1945-1989: Postwar Germany / Divided Germany / The Wall Mon. 4/9 – Fri. 4/20  Mon. 4/16: Research Paper (1st Draft) Due   Readings:  Ozment: Chapter 11: “The Composite German: Germany since World War II”        Wolfgang Borchert, Heinrich Böll = Short Stories    Günter Eich, Paul Ceylan = Poems  VI. 1989: German Reunification, “The Turn,” Between Past and Future Mon. 4/23 – Fri. 5/4   Reading: Schlink: The Reader    Colin Riordan: “Environment, Landscape and Culture in Germany”    TBD   Film:  TBD    The Reader   FINAL EXAM:  Monday, May 7th @ 3:20-5:20    Research Paper (2nd Draft) Due by Thursday, May 10th 

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