UNSW Handbook Course - Modernism & Cultural Innovation in Weimar Germany

Modernism & Cultural Innovation in Weimar Germany - GERS3800


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: German and Russian Studies (School of Languages and Linguistics)
	Course Outline: See below
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: GERS2401 or GERS3411 or GERS3701
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Explores the social and historical foundations of the Weimar Republic and its innovative and modernist cultural scene, including visual arts, film, architecture, music, literature, theatre and the new media (radio, journalism), as well as developments in social and cultural theory.

Learning Outcomes

Summarise and critically comment on texts or films
Identify pre-textual and inter-textual connotations and comment on historical contexts
Construct own analytical and discursive texts on literary/sociological/historical topics in appropriate formal register
Construct texts that use appropriate idiomatic structures.

Assessment

Written assignments 40%
Tutorial presentation 30%
Essay (1500-2000 words) - 30%

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