Module Identifier |
GE24010 |
Module Title |
DECADENCE, WAR, REVOLUTION:GERMAN CULTURE, 1900-1920 |
Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
Co-ordinator |
Dr Gregory M Moore |
Semester |
Semester 1 |
Course delivery |
Lecture | 6 Hours |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 9 Hours |
Assessment |
Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
Semester Exam | 1x2hour written exam | 70% |
Semester Assessment | Continuous Assessment: 1x1500 word essay | 30% |
Supplementary Exam | 1 x 2-hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3-hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted. | 100% |
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Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. demonstrate knowledge of the major developments in German society and culture immediately before, during and after the First World War, and show understanding of their underlying causes.
2. to analyse carefully and evaluate texts and documents of the period within the framework of their historical context
3. carry out independent research
4. express themselves clearly, coherently and in a logical fashion, both orally and in writing.
Brief description
This module will introduce level 2 students to some key texts and movements during a period of crisis in German history, and thus deepen their understanding of German culture, ideas and literature. They will explore; the widespread sense of the decadence and materialism of German society voiced by the Expressionist artists and writers; the hopes for renewal which the War seemed to offer; German literary responses to the war; and literary representations of the socialist revolution in Bavaria in 1918.
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
Benson, Renate (1984) German Expressionist Drama: Ernst Toller and Georg Kaiser
Grove Press
Bloom, Harold (2000) All Quiet on the Western Front: Modern Critical Interpretations
Chelsea House Publishing
Dove, Richard (1990) He was a German: A biography of Ernst Toller
London, Libris
Burns, Rob (ed) (1995) German Cultural Studies: An Introduction
Oxford:OUP
Grunberger Richard (1973) Red Rising in Bavaria
London, Barker
Kenworthy, B.J. (1957) Georg Kaiser
Oxford: Blackwell
Leser, Esther H. (1989) Thomas Mann's Short Fiction
Cranbury, NJ:Associated University Presses
Murdoch, Brian O (1995) Im Westen Nichts Neues
University of Glasgow French and German Publications
Styan J.L. (1981) Modern Drama in Theory and Practise, vol. 3, Expression and Epic Theatre
Cambridge:CUP
Roshwald Aviel & Stites Richard (1999) European Culture and the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-18
Cambridge:CUP
Mommsen, Wolfgan J. (1995) Imperial Germany 1867-1918:Politics, Culture and Society in an Authoritarian State
London: Arnold
Kuhns, David F. (1997) German Expressionist Theatre: The Actor and the Stage
Cambridge:CUP
Hermes, Beate (2000) Lekturehilfen. Thomas Mann 'Tonio Kroger'
Stuttgart: Klett
** Should Be Purchased
Mann, Thomas (2000) Tonio Kroger/mario und der Zauberer
Frankfurt am Main: Fischer
Remarque, Erich Maria (2001) Im Westen Nichts Neues
Kiepenjeuer & Witsch
Kaiser, Georg (1994) Von Morgen bis mitternachts
Stuttgart:Reclam
Toller, Ernst (1998) Masse Mensch
Reclam
Vietta, Silvio and Kemper, Hans-Georg (1975) Expressionismus
Munich:Fink
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5