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Academic Year 2001/2002

Postwar German Women Writers and Directors
GERM 262 FA
Crosslistings:
GELT 262

The course will examine the portrayals of women's experiences in postwar prose, poetry and film by women writers and directors in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Topics will include reflections on Nazi Germany, woman hating, the quest for identity, lesbian lives, older women, women working, women and the environment, African German women, and feminist language/theory/research.

MAJOR READINGS

Edith Altbach, GERMAN FEMINISM: READINGS IN POLITICS AND LITERATURE Susan Cocalis, THE DEFIANT MUSE: GERMAN FEMINIST POETS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE PRESENT May Opitz et al, SHOWING OUR COLORS: AFRO-GERMAN WOMEN SPEAK OUT Christa Reinig, IDLENESS IS THE ROOT OF ALL LOVE. Christa Wolf, THE QUEST FOR CHRISTA T. Ingeborg Bachmann, THE THIRTIETH YEAR

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three essays, one oral report, one mid-term paper, one final paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA GERM    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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