Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: GERMAN NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES (MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE)

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course will introduce the biography of Alfred Nobel and the reasons for establishing his famous Nobel Prize in his will of 1895. Most famous among German recipients were Thomas Mann (1929), Hermann Hesse (1946), Heinrich Boll (1972), and Guenter Grass (1999). Their novel work will be analyzed as an artistic reflection of their socio-critical thoughts on the history of Germany. Taught in English with a possible FLAC section. Cross-list: HUMA 325.