| Module Identifier |
GEM0230 |
| Module Title |
KEY MOMENTS IN GERMAN CULTURE (2) 1945 - 1990 |
| Academic Year |
2001/2002 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Winifred Davies |
| Semester |
Semester 2 |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 4 Hours |
| |
Seminars / Tutorials | 16 Hours |
| Assessment |
Essay | 1 X 4000 word essay | 100% |
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Resit assessment | Resubmission of essay | |
Brief description
This course will examine a range of cultural texts and artefacts in order to introduce students to the development of German society between 1945-1990. Through the prism of literature, film and linguistics, students will explore the division of Germany, developments in the GDR and FRG as well as the issues surrounding the unification of 1990. In so doing students will not only gain a detailed knowledge of the politics and culture of the period, but also increase their competence as critical 'readers' of culture.
Learning outcomes
Students should feel that they have a good, detailed knowledge of the development of German culture between 1945-1990. They should have further developed their skills as critical readers of culture, and those students who wish to go on with their studies should feel that they have a solid foundation for postgraduate research.
Films to be studied:
Fassbinder, R. W., Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979)
Staudte, Wolfgang, Die Morder sind unter uns (1946)
Carow, H., Die Legende von Paul und Paula (1973)
Reading Lists
Books
Allan, Sean and John Sandford. (1999)
DEFA: East German Cinema, 1946-1992. Berghahn
Allinson, M. et al. (2000)
Contemporary German. Harlow
Anz, Thomas (ed). (1991)
Es geht nicht um Christa Wolf: Der Literaturstreit im vereinten Deutschland. Munich
Bathrick, David. (1996)
The Powers of Speech: The Politics of Culture in the GDR. Nebraska
Benz, Wolfgang (ed). (1989)
Die Geschichte der Bundesrepublik. Frankfurt
Böll, Heinrich. (1963)
Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen and other stories. Harrap
Braun, V.. (1977)
Unvollendete Geschichte. Frankfurt
Bullivant, Keith (ed). (1989)
After the 'Death' of Literature: West German Writing of the 1970s. Oxford
Bullivant, Keith. (1994)
The Future of German Literature. Oxford
Cooke, Paul, J. Grix (eds). (2000)
East Germany Continuity and Change. Amsterdam
Cooke, Paul, Nicholas Hubble. (1997)
'Die volkseigene Opposition? The Stasi and the Alternative Culture in the GDR' in German Politics, 6.2.
Elsaesser, Thomas. (1989)
New German Cinema. Basingstoke
Emmerich,Wolfgan. (1996)
Kleine Literaturgeschichte der DDR: Erweiterte Neuausgabe. Leipzig
Erbe, Günter. (1993)
Die verfemte Moderne: die Auseinandersetzung mit dem 'Modernismus' in Kulturpolitik, Literaturwissenschaft und Literatur der DDR. Opladen
Fulbrook, Mary. (1995)
Anatomy of a dictatorship: inside the GDR, 1949-1989. Oxford
Hermand, J.. (1986)
Kultur im Wiederaufbau: Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1945-1965. Munich
Jäger, Manfred. (1995)
Kultur und Politik in der DDR 1945-1990. Cologne
Kolinsky, E.. (1995)
Women in 20th-Century Germany: A reader. Manchester
Lettau, Reinhard (ed). (1967)
Die Gruppe 47: Bericht, Kritik, Polemik. Neuwied
Lüdke, M.. (1977)
Literatur und Studentenbewegung. Opladen
Pusch, L.. (1984)
Das Deutsche als Männersprache. Frankfurt
Reid, J.H.. (1990)
Writing without Tabooks: The New East German Literature. New York
Rüther, Günter. (1991)
'Greif zur Feder, Kumpel': Schriftsteller, Literatur und Politik in der DDR 1949-1990. Düsseldorf
Sandford, J.. (1980)
The New German Cinema. London
Schneider, P.. (1993)
Vati, ed. by C. Riodan. Manchester
Stephan, V.. (1994)
Häutungen. Frankfurt (new ed.)
Strauss, B.. (1977)
Die Widmung. Munich
Wagenbach, K.. (1979)
Vaterland, Muttersprache. Berlin
Wander, Maxie. (1997)
Guten Morgen, du schöne. Munich
Weedon, C.. (1988)
Die Frau in der DDR. Oxford, New York
Wichner, Ernest, Herbert Wiesner (eds). (1993)
Literaturentwicklungsprozesse: die Zensur in der DDR. Frankfurt/Main
Woods, Roger. (1986)
Opposition in the GDR under Honecker, 1971-1985. Basingstoke