CPLT 110A: Vienna: Sensuality and Seduction

2008-09 2009-10 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 174

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Cultural study of Vienna from fin de siecle to the present through literature, film, philosophy, and the visual arts. Topics include sexuality, visual desire, crisis of language, anti-Semitism, and the post-World War II confrontation with the Nazi period. All readings are in English; selected readings in German for German majors and minors.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with EUR 110A, GER 110A, and WMST 110.