German 194-01/
Berlin: Imperial Capital, Metropolis, & Divided City
Syllabus |
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Assignments are due on the class day listed.
Click on assignments for links to texts and/or to reading/study questions.
This syllabus is a "living document" and will be regularly revised. It's best to check the web version regularly, rather than relying on a paper printout.
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Class |
Response papers, Essays & Exams |
| Sunday, 9/3 |
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Introduction to the Course / Berlin Quiz
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| Wednesday, 9/6 |
Large, Chapter 1: "Berlin under Bismarck" [Reading Guide] |
Part I / Imperial City
Images |
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| Friday, 9/8 |
Reflecting on Monuments |
Denkmalkultur: the culture of monuments |
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| Monday, 9/11 |
Theodor Fontane, Mathilde Möhring, Chapters 1-9 [Text / Reading Questions] |
Mathilde Möhring |
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| Wednesday, 9/13 |
Mathilde Möhring, Chapters 10-17 [Text / Reading Questions] |
Mathilde Möhring |
Response Paper 1
[Instructions for Response Papers] |
| Friday, 9/15 |
Large, Chapter 2: "World City?" [Reading Guide] |
Berlin as Weltstadt / Images |
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| Monday, 9/18 |
Alfred Döblin, Murder of a Buttercup [Text / Reading Guide] |
Murder of a Buttercup |
Response Paper 1 |
| Wednesday, 9/20 |
Walter Benjamin, Berlin Childhood around 1900, 37-103 [Reading Guide] |
Berlin Childhood around 1900 [Images] |
Response Paper 1 |
| Friday, 9/22 |
Walter Benjamin, Berlin Childhood around 1900, Translator's Note (vii-xvi), 103-164 [Reading Guide] |
Berlin Childhood around 1900 |
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| Monday, 9/25 |
Georg Simmel, The Metropolis and Mental Life [Text] [Reading Guide] |
The Metropolis and Mental Life |
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| Wednesday, 9/27 |
First Year Course Library Instruction brief tutorial |
Library information Session / meet in Library , second floor, bibliographic instruction room |
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| Friday, 9/29 |
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Heinrich Zille Illustrations
Expressionism |
Essay I [Guidelines] |
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Monday, 10/2
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Exam I |
Wednesday, 10/4
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Large, Chapter 3: "Discord in the Castle" |
Bridge: WWI & the fall of the Empire [Images] |
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| Friday, 10/6 |
Large, Chapter 4: "The Great Disorder" [Reading Guide] |
Trauma & Revolution [Images] |
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| Monday, 10/9 |
Georg Kaiser, From Morning to Midnight [Reading Guide] |
From Morning to Midnight |
Response Paper 2 |
| Wednesday, 10/11 |
From Morning to Midnight [Assignment] |
From Morning to Midnight [Images] |
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| Friday, 10/13 |
International Round Table - no class |
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| Monday, 10/16 |
Large, Chapter 5: "The World City of Order and Beauty" [Reading Guide] |
Weimar Culture [Images] |
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| Wednesday, 10/18 |
Film & Cinema [Readings] |
Film & Cinema |
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| Friday, 10/20 |
Lang: Metropolis [Viewing Guide] |
Metropolis |
Response Paper 2 |
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| Monday, 10/23 |
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Metropolis
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| Wednesday, 10/25 |
New Objectivity and Bauhaus [Readings and Examples] |
New Objectivity and Bauhaus [Images]
Gender Bending [Images] |
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Fall Break |
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| Monday, 10/30 |
Ruttmann: Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927) [Viewing Guide] |
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City |
Response Paper 2 |
| Wednesday, 11/1 |
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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City |
Essay II [Guidelines] |
Thursday, 11/2,
7-9 p.m. |
Special Session: Visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
| Friday, 11/3 |
Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl, xi-72 [Reading Guide] |
The Artificial Silk Girl |
Response Paper 3 |
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| Monday, 11/6 |
Irmgard Keun, The Artificial Silk Girl, 123-192 |
The Artificial Silk Girl |
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| Wednesday, 11/8 |
excerpt: Berlin Alexanderplatz [Text1/ Reading Guide] |
Berlin Alexanderplatz [Images] |
Guidelines for Final Paper/Expanded Essay |
| Friday, 11/10 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz [Text 2 / Reading Guide] |
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Bertolt Brecht |
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| Monday, 11/13 |
Fritz Lang: M [Viewing Guide]
Otto Friedrich, "I Couldn't Control Myself" Before the Deluge |
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Response Paper 3 |
| Wednesday, 11/15 |
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| Friday, 11/17 |
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Exam II |
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| Monday, 11/20 |
Large, Chapter 6: "Hitler's Berlin" |
Bridge: Nazism [Outline/Images] |
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| Wednesday, 11/22 |
Video: Degenerate Art |
Bridge: WWII & the Holocaust |
Deadline for discussing topic of final paper with prof |
Thanksgiving Break |
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| Monday, 11/27 |
Large, Chapter 8: "Coming into the Cold" [Reading Guide] |
Guest Speaker: Gerhard Weiss, Professor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota |
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| Wednesday, 11/29 |
Large, Chapter 9: "The Divided City" [Reading Guide] |
Bridge: The Divided City [Images] |
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| Friday, 12/1 |
Peter Schneider, The Wall Jumper [Reading Guide] |
The Wall Jumper |
Response Paper 3
Deadline for detailed outline of final paper |
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| Monday, 12/4 |
The Wall Jumper [Reading Guide] |
The Wall Jumper [The Wall as Monument?] |
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| Wednesday, 12/6 |
Wim Wenders: Wings of Desire [Viewing Guide] |
Wings of Desire |
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| Friday, 12/8 |
Christa Wolf: Unter den Linden [Text / Reading Guide] |
Unter den Linden |
Response Paper 3 |
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| Monday, 12/11 |
Unter den Linden |
Unter den Linden |
Deadline for 1st draft of final paper |
| Wednesday, 12/13 |
Becker: Good Bye Lenin! (2003) / [Viewing Guide] |
Good Bye Lenin! |
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| Friday, 12/15 |
Good Bye Lenin! |
Good Bye Lenin! |
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| Sunday, 12/17 |
Deadline for submission of final draft of final paper |
| Wednesday, 12/20 |
Exam III , 1:30-3:30 |