Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTELLECTUALS, ARTISTS, AND THE STATE

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will focus on the multiple relationships 20th century artists and intellectuals have displayed towards the German/ Austrian state in which they have lived and worked. Questions we will ask: Do artists/intellectuals carry public responsibility? Are artists/intellectuals supposed to act as a "public conscience?" Is art always political? Taught in German. Recommended Prerequisite(s): Minimum proficiency of intermediate-high (speaking and writing).