Berlin: An Excursion to Modernity (GER-0173)

Fall 2023 · GER 0173 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

Investigation of the co-emergence of metropolitan Berlin and modernist art and thinking from the early twentieth century to the present. Themes include utopian/dystopian urbanity, the relation between art and propaganda, the politics of memory, the aesthetics of terrorism as well as the creative force of cultural hybridity. Emphasis on literature, film, and visual culture, supplemented by readings in philosophy, (cultural) history, and urban studies. In English. If taken at the 100-level: Extra assignments and class meetings.

Course codes: GER-0173, GER 0173, GER0173, GER-173, GER 173, GER173

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