Module Identifier GEM0230  
Module Title KEY MOMENTS IN GERMAN CULTURE (2) 1945 - 1990  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Dr Winifred V Davies  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Dr Karina Lindeiner-Strasky  
Course delivery Lecture   4 Hours.  
  Seminars / Tutorials   16 Hours.  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment Essay: 1 X 4000 word essay  100%
Supplementary Assessment Resubmission of essay   

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
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)

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.

Reading Lists

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** General Text
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
Boll, Heinrich (1963) Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen and other stories Harrap
Braun, V. (1977) Unvollendete Geschichte Frankfurt
Bullivant, Keith (1994) The Future of German Literature Oxford
Bullivant, Keith (ed) (1989) After the 'Death' of Literature: West German Writing of the 1970s Oxford
Cooke, Paul, Nicholas Hubble (1997) 'Die volkseigene Opposition? The Stasi and the Alternative Culture in the GDR' in German Politics, 6.2
Cooke, Paul, J. Grix (eds) (2000) East Germany Continuity and Change Amsterdam
Elsaesser, Thomas (1989) New German Cinema Basingstoke
Emmerich,Wolfgan (1996) Kleine Literaturgeschichte der DDR: Erweiterte Neuausgabe Leipzig
Erbe, Gunter (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
Jager, 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
Ludke, M. (1977) Literatur und Studentenbewegung Opladen
Pusch, L. (1984) Das Deutsche als Mannersprache Frankfurt
Reid, J.H. (1990) Writing without Tabooks: The New East German Literature New York
Ruther, Gunter (1991) 'Greif zur Feder, Kumpel': Schriftsteller, Literatur und Politik in der DDR 1949-1990 Dusseldorf
Sandford, J. (1980) The New German Cinema London
Schneider, P. (1993) Vati, ed. by C. Riodan Manchester
Stefan, V. (1994) Hautungen Frankfurt (new ed.)
Strauss, B. (1977) Die Widmung Munich
Wagenbach, K. (1979) Vaterland, Muttersprache Berlin
Wander, Maxie (1997) Guten Morgen, du schone 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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7