GERM221

This paper considers European cultures in both national and comparative frameworks, and is jointly taught with FREN221 and SPAN221. In the common component (weeks 1-3 and 11-12), students develop an understanding of the ways in which European identities have been generated in historical and modern contexts. Based on literary and visual texts, the GERM221 stream (weeks 4-10) focuses on two German-speaking capital cities: 'Poor but sexy Berlin' as the cultural and political laboratory of post-unification Germany, whereas the old imperial city of Vienna is home to bohemians, artists, spies, philosophers and major UN agencies.

Lectures are two hours per week. The jointly taught lectures will be in English. Lectures in the German stream and all tutorials (1 hour per week) will mainly be in German.