Discuss the struggle for abortion rights in Weimar Germany through Friedrich Wolf’s influential play “Cyankali” (Part 2)
Tag: 1920s
Friedrich Wolf, “Cyankali” 1929 (Part 1)
Discuss the struggle for abortion rights in Weimar Germany through Friedrich Wolf’s influential play “Cyankali”
Modernism Syllabus
Explore’s modernist cultures, histories, and scholarly narratives from the perspectives and voices of historically marginalized and overlooked groups and individuals.
Queer Berlin Maps
This multi-component, multi-week activity invites students to consider queer public spaces in Weimar-era Berlin.
Mammen, Kunstversteigerung Activität, 1920s
This activity has students inhabit the space of the auction house and bid on Mammet’s paintings to practice speaking.
Herrmann, So ist die neue Frau, 1929
Discuss the different roles of women, and the political and social values attributed to them, through this 1920s novel.
Anonymous, “Eros vor Gericht”, 1924
Discuss ideas of morality and reform in sexual legislation post-WWI and the Industrial Revolution.
Oswald, Anders als die Andern, 1919
Engage with sexual politics and theories of homosexuality of the early 1900s through Oswald’s 1919 silent film.
Fleißer, Ein Pfund Orangen, 1929
Through short stories, this lesson discusses love and relationships and an unadorned literary style affiliated with Neue Sachlichkeit.
Kaus, “Die Frau in der modernen Literatur,” 1929
Engage with Kaus’ critical overview of historical attitude toward and expectations of writing and reading women as frivolous, vapid, and even dangerous.