GER X94C GER 394C Topics in Comparative, Cultural, or Theoretical Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Topics with a substantial Germanic component or application that fall outside of national-language literary and linguistic studies. May include comparative national approaches to genre, culture, or society; interdisciplinary studies; and surveys or focused studies on approaches to theory or methodology that apply to Germanic studies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Doctoral
Topic 1: Multimodality in Nineteenth-Century Print Culture. Examine theories and examples of image and text relations in nineteenth-century print culture as multimodal book culture. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 2: Intersectionality: Identity and Politics. Examine current theories of identity and identity politics from the US and Europe, deriving from theories of economic and class-based origins of identity. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 382 (Topic: Identity/Politics), German 394C (Topic 2), Philosophy 387 (Topic: Identity/Politics), 387C, Women's and Gender Studies 393 (Topic: Identity/Politics). Same as: PHL 387C Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 3: Cold War Cultures. Examine Cold War political and threat narratives and cultures as represented in film, literature, and non-fiction. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 381 (Topic: Cold War Culs: Beyond Empire), German 394C (Topic: Cold War Culs: Beyond Empire), (Topic 3), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 386 (Topic: Cold War Culs: Beyond Empire). Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 4: Introduction to German Film. Introduction to German films and approaches to them from film studies. German 394C (Topic: Introduction to German Film) and 394C (Topic: 4) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 5: European Migration Cultures. Study the issues around migration and cultural contact in Europe, through lenses from the social sciences, history, and cultural studies. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Topic 6: Power and Identities: Marginalization. Examine theories of power and decolonization illuminating how individuals are marginalized by dominant cultures, supported by historical case studies. Additional prerequisite: Graduate standing.