| Title: | Die Dekadenz Babylons |
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| Course Section Number: | GER-312-01 |
| Department: | German |
| Description: | 100 years ago, the first true representative democracy in Germany, the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), was established out of the trauma of the First World War. With it, a flurry of societal, cultural, and political changes were unleashed, as well as backlashes to those changes. While many celebrated transformations in woman's legal and gender roles, mass media, and Berlin's exuberant night and queer scene, many others saw German society succumbing to Dekadanz and decline. In this course, we will examine this time of Dekadanz specifically through Tom Tykwer's hit television mini-series "Babylon Berlin" (Sky/Netflix 2017-), a crime drama set in late 1920s Berlin. The story follows Gereon Rath, a police detective sent on assignment to Berlin, and Charlotte Ritter, a working-class woman extensively involved in night life. Along the way, we will also delve deeper into particular themes, such as discourses of trauma, political radicalism, the avant-garde, shifts in sexuality and gender, and conspiracy theories, before finally asking how we should value Dekadanz. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 20, 2020 |
| End Date: | May 9, 2020 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/21/2020-05/07/2020 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Detchon, Room 112
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| Faculty: | VanderKolk, Jake |
| Requisite Courses: | PreReq GER-301 and 302 |
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