German Culture, Media, and Society, Fall 2004

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Author:

Fendt, Kurt

Subject:

Humanities, Social Sciences

Institution Name:

M.I.T.

Collection:

MIT OpenCourseWare

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

Studies major texts and artistic expressions by analyzing them within the larger context of German cultural history. Investigates the German enlightenment, the culture of German liberalism and its increasingly nationalistic turn in Wilhelmine Germany; explores cultural manifestations of German modernism and anti-modernism, and examines the rise of National Socialism. Readings include: Lessing, Kant, Schiller, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. Music by Mozart, Schumann, Wagner, Sch"nberg. Paintings by Friedrich, Kirchner, and Kokoschka. Films by Lang and Riefenstahl. Taught in German.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Syllabi

Media Format:

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