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ECTS Points: 5
Language requirements: min. English B2
This course explores the city of Berlin through key contemporary and twentieth century prose as well as poems, films, and music. Class discussions will focus on Berlin as the stage for crucial events in world history and on representations of the city in German literature. Topics include contemporary Berlin as a magnet for international bohemians and hipsters, migration to Berlin, the fall of the Berlin wall, student movements and radical politics in the city, cold war Berlin, the city under National Socialism, Weimar republic, revolutionary times, and the German Empire. We will read and discuss Walter Benjamin, Rosa Luxemburg, Paul Celan, Alfred Döblin, Hans Fallada, Emine Sevgi Özdamar and others. The reading materials will be made accessible in German and English. Based on the group’s level we will adjust the linguistic standards of the course to facilitate a positive learning experience for students—as a group and individually. I.e., discussions will principally take place in English; based on students’ level and interest, we will, however, be able to offer a section in German.
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Walter Benjamin, Thesen über die Geschichte (v.a. „Engel der Geschichte“) [Walter Benjamin, Political-Theological Tractate („Angel of History“)]
Walter Benjamin: Berliner Kindheit um 1900 (Auszüge: Tiergarten, Kaiserpanorama, Die Siegessäule, Steglitzer Ecke Genthiner, Blumeshof )
Barbara und Kai Sichtermann, Das ist Unser Haus, (Auszüge: S. 11-36, 38-57, [C])
Andrej Holm and Armin Kuhn: Squatting and Urban Renewal: The Interaction of Squatter Movements and Strategies of Urban Restructuring in Berlin. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 35, 2010
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