German Studies 360 - SEM: ADV TOPICS IN GER STUDIES

Each topic focuses on a particular literary epoch, movement, genre or author from German literary culture. All sections taught in German. Berlin through the novels of Theodor Fontane (1819?96) and paintings of Adolph Menzel (1815?1905). How do these artists perform the magic of conjuring up a historical past, evoking a vivid present, and anticipating aesthetic currents of the future? How closely do Fontane and Menzel depict their originals (and does it matter)? What are the connections-personal and professional-between Fontane and Menzel? What was it like to be an artist in Berlin during the 19th century? How have the works of Fontane and Menzel contributed to the identity of Berlin? Conducted in German.

Topic: Portraits of a City. Permission Instructor/Chair. Not open to first-years, sophomores