German Studies 300 - TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTR & SOC

Topics course. This course will focus on the concept and the reality of growing up in German-speaking Europe at different points in the past and in the present. Participants will examine texts and films for and about children and analyze the societal role of children and young adults and their education through the centuries. Readings of texts by Heinrich Hoffmann, Ludwig Thoma, Johanna Spyri, Waldemar Bonsels, Erich Kastner , Christine Nostlinger and others. Taught in German. Prerequisite: GER 220, permission of the instructor or by placement.

Topic: Growing Up in German-Speaking Europe.