Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2017
GERM 340 001 (CRN: 23924)
WALTER BENJAMIN
Long Title: WALTER BENJAMIN: AESTHETICS, HISTORY AND POLITICS
Department: *Classical & European Studies*
Instructor: Steiner, Uwe
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM TR RZR 310 (9-JAN-2017 - 21-APR-2017)
Session: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 1
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 3
Enrollment data as of: 7-DEC-2023 1:26PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
28-APR-2017
2:00PM - 5:00PM F TBA TBA
Description: Benjamin has been celebrated as a revolutionary Marxist, a theologian of Jewish Messianism, and as an essayist and literary critic. The course offers an introduction to his writings by way situating them in the historical background of the Weimar Republic and the crises of European society on the eve of WWII. Taught in English. Cross-list: HUMA 340.