CPLT 138: From Expressionism to Epic Theatre: Benn, Brecht, Kafka, and the Bauhaus

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours

Catalog page 190

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Introduction of the German avant-garde of the twentieth century. Explores expressionism, New Objectivity, the Bauhaus move- ment, the manifestation of an anti-art in dadaism, and Epic Theatre. Studies works of Franz Kafka in the con- text of his implicit criticism of the avant-gardist move- ments of his time. Course is conducted in English.

Cross-listing: Cross- listed with AHS 121, EUR 138, GER 138, and MCS 182.

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