German Studies 300 - TOPICS IN GERMAN CULTR & SOC

Topics course. This course examines the vagaries of reconstructing and reorienting culture and society in occupied Germany and Austria after 1945. Attempts to create a new culture out of the devastation of the war not only had to confront challenges of a material, existential and artistic nature, but also the influx of new impulses from abroad in film and radio that competed with more traditional cultural media. Works by Bachmann, Boll, Eich, Aichinger and many others. Conducted in German. Prerequisite: GER 250 or equivalent.

Topic: Reconstructing Culture in Germany and Austria after World War II.