Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21F.017 (Fall 2002) 
• Course Title:
• Germany and its European Context 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Foreign Languages and Literatures 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Charity Scribner 
• Course Introduction:
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  21F.017 Germany and its European Context
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2002

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a comprehensive set of lecture notes.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course focuses on main currents in contemporary German literary and visual culture. Taking Nietzsche's thought as a point of departure, students will survey the dialectics of tradition and modernity in both Germany and other European countries, particularly the UK, France, Denmark, and Poland. Primary works are drawn from literature, cinema, art, and performance, including works by Peter Sloterdijk, Thomas Vinterberg, and Michel Houellebecq.