Second lesson engaging a series of essays comparing Berlin and Damaskus, with a focus on reading and writing.
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Schwarzenbach, “Interview ohne Reporter,” 1938
Discuss the relationships between writing, identity, and transnational politics.
Stokowski, Untenrum frei, 2018
This discussion looks at the current state of feminism in Germany through a recent bestseller.
Tawada, akzentfrei, 2016
Discuss how people react to the ways language is spoken and its relationship to ideas about Herkunft.
Czollek, Desintegriert Euch!, 2018
Engage the concepts of leitkultur, integration, and assimilation through this defiant and funny essay.
Fleißer, “Jahrhundert – gedrittelt,” 1933
A discussion on the first third of the 20th century from the perspective of women’s rights and the feminist movement in Germany.
Fleißer, “Das dramatische Empfinden bei den Frauen,” 1930
Following figures of German theater, this discussion examines ideas and critiques of cultural expression through ideas of ‘gendered’ writing.
Andreas-Salomé, Die Erotik, 1910
This lesson looks at a collectio nof essays presenting theories of femininity and masculinity, and asking what is the nature of these phenomena, their histories and roles in society.