Course DescriptionWe explore literature, music, and the fine arts of German-speaking countries around the topics of gender and sex(uality). We focus on the years between 1880 and 1920 in Austria-Hungary, but also venture into more recent times and other localities. How did images of men and women change over time? How did science factor into these images? What was/is considered “normal” when it comes to sex(uality) and gender, and what German-speaking voices have been pushing against those norms? How did these voices use literature, music, and the fine arts to reflect or criticize such norms? Taught in English.
6 credits; Humanistic Inquiry, Writing Rich, International Studies, GWSS pert, EUST (country specific), fulfills requirements for the German major and minor. GERM 221 FLAC trailer available for students of German |