GMST 108. Topics in German Studies III

In this advanced seminar-style class, students read novellas and stories by some of the most important figures of the German literary canon. Together with close textual analysis, the course examines relevant socio-historical developments that help account for the aesthetic and thematic choices of the writers. Authors include (among others) Heinrich von Kleist, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Josef von Eichendorff, Johann Peter Hebel, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Gottfried Keller, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Stefan Zweig, Ingeborg Bachmann, Ilse Aichinger.

Topic for Fall 2020: German Short Prose
May be taken for 1 credit.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Eligible for GSST
Fall 2020. Staff.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies

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