GER 110A: Vienna: Sensuality and Seduction

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Units: 4

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

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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 CPLT 110A, EUR 110A, and WMST 110.