GER 351 - Special Literary Topics

This course explores the cultural productions and political activism of minority voices in contemporary Germany (Turkish-Germans, German and Russian Jews, Afro-Germans, “ethnic German” repatriates, refugees, and others). We will investigate texts by immigrants; ethnic, national, and religious minority writers; and bilingual writers examining how immigrants and minorities have challenged and contributed to conceptions of German national and cultural identity in the late 20th and early 21st century. We will focus both on the political, social, and cultural context in which these texts emerged and on theoretical and critical approaches to minority writing in the German context

Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric requirement.
 

Prerequisites & Notes
German 260 or permission of the instructor.