German Studies 300 - Topics in German Culture and Society: Heimat: What is Home?

Topics course: This course investigates the concept of ‘Heimat’ (‘home’) and its significance for individual people as well as for German culture and politics. This upper-level language course will look at the meanings of this concept and how they have changed over time. Through different genres and media this course will explore significant vocabulary and grammatical concepts in the context of the concept of Heimat. This includes films (Grün ist die Heide, Willkommen bei den Hartmanns) as well as articles from newspapers and magazines, and excerpts from selected literature. Prerequisite: GER 250 or 260, or permission of instructor. (E)