GERST 2020

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GERST 2020
Literary Texts and Contexts

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Babylon Berlin is the most expensive and elaborate television series in German history. The neo-noir police procedural set in a mythical Berlin of 1929 was already a global hit when it entered its current, fifth season of production. This fourth-semester course is designed to improve your linguistic proficiency and cultural competency by investigating the innovative media that gave birth to the myth of Berlin as metaphorical Babylon: pulp fiction, the New Objectivity in art, sound film, and the distinctly German genre of pop music that conquered the cabarets and dance halls: the Schlager.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: GERST 2000, or equivalent, or placement by examination.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2023FA, 2021FA, 2020FA

Language Requirement Satisfies Option 1.

Distribution Category (ALC-AS)

When Offered Spring.

Comments Taught in German. Can be used in partial fulfillment of the humanities distribution requirement. Students must take one of the following courses as a prerequisite for Study Abroad in a German-speaking country: GERST 2020, GERST 2040, or GERST 2060.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20584 GERST 2020   SEM 101

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    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • McBride, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: GERST 2000, or equivalent, or placement by examination. Taught in German. Can be used in partial fulfillment of the humanities distribution requirement. Students must take one of the following courses as a prerequisite for Study Abroad in a German-speaking country: GERST 2020, GERST 2040, or GERST 2060. This course counts toward the German Studies Minor.