Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: GERMAN NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES ***** The course will introduce the biography of Alfred Nobel and the reasons for establishing his famous Nobel Prize categories in his will of 1895. For the literary field he demanded "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction." Ever since the Swedish academy awards an internationally best book award annually. The most famous German recipients among them were Guenter Grass (1999), Heinrich Boell (1972), Herman Hesse (1946) and Thomas Mann (1929). Their novel work will be analyzed as an artistic reflection of their socio-critical thoughts on the history of Germany. Film versions of prominent works and documentary biographies will be shown. Taught in English with a possible FLAC section in German. *****