John Heartfield,
>Das Parlament< 1926
German Studies 306
Introduction to German Studies
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John Heartfield, >Das Parlament< 1926 |
German Studies 306
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In keeping with the character of this course, in which we study larger German historical developments and analyse numerous different representations of the German experience, your essays for German 306 will always involve a discussion of a larger historical event, concept or question, as well as the analysis of a specific example. Again in keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of the course, you will be able to select your object of analysis from a variety of media: texts, images, sound files and movies. To assist you in writing more effectively this interdisciplinary analysis in a multimedia format, you are provided with a number of suggested topics and actual writing templates which include media and texts/images/objects for analysis (see links below). You are not limited to these topics/templates. You may write on other topics (please check them out with the instructor first), and may use alternate or additional media. It is important to actually include and integrate the media into your written essay. You may write your essays in Microsoft Word or as HTML documents, and the essays should be submitted as email attachments to the instructor. The essays, particularly toward the beginning of the course, should not require research beyond the material in your textbooks and class notes; much of the content is then your own analysis of the media object/s. You are certainly welcome to do additional research; should you do so, always cite your sources and be careful to paraphrase and quote as appropriate (see plagerism policy). Aufsätze must be proofread for mechanical errors. If an essay is submitted with excessive errors in gender, case, tense and so forth, it will be returned for additional proofreading. Once an essay has been accepted and commented upon/evaluated, you may revise it twice. Essays will be color coded for language errors (see table below) and commented on with respect to content. Each essay is worth 7 course points. You will receive a certain number of points for the first draft; this number may be increased with successful revisions. |
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• Deutschland 1815-1848 • Deutschland 1848-1900 • Deutschland 1900-1925 • Deutschland 1925-1939 • Deutschland 1938-1980 |
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Key to the color-coding for language errors
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