GRMN2641 - German Culture and Society 1806-1848

Semester 1, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Yixu Lu
Phone: +61 2 9351 3293
Email: yixu.lu@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit offers an introduction to German culture and society in the first half of the 19th century. It looks at how the foundations of the German nation state were laid in the wake of upheavals that began with the French Revolution, and at the traces of these developments in literature and society. Through analysing contemporary literary texts and examining cultural, social and political conditions, it builds an understanding of how German society moved towards a unified nation state and towards industrialisation.

Assessments

1x2500wd learning journal (40%), 1x1500wd class presentation (25%), 1x2hr written exam (35%)

Textbooks

Course pack to be purchased from the University Copy Centre

Classes

1x2-hr seminar/week

Prerequisites

12 Junior credit points of German

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