GER-G 415 PERSPECTIVES ON GERMAN LITERATURE (3 CR.)
Study of one aspect of German literature: formal, historical, political, psychological, etc. Relation to wider concerns in and outside of literature. Topic announced in the online Schedule of Classes. Conducted in German.
1 classes found
Fall 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 30355 | Open | 12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | TR | GA 0005 | Robinson B |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 30355: Total Seats: 20 / Available: 11 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Topic: German Miracles: Monsters, Catastrophes, and the Poetics of Astonishment.
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: German miracles
WHAT IS A MIRACLE? - Germany has had more than its share of miracles, some of them wonderful, others catastrophic. We explore German miracles big and small: Religious miracles recorded ecstatically in books of wondrous signs. Scientific breakthroughs so unexpected they appear otherworldly. Musical tones breakthroughs so sublime they strike us as coming from heaven itself. Folk and fairy tales so dumbfounding it seems like dreams and reality have switched places. Economic expansions and crises so off-the-charts that people can only imagine a miracle or catastrophe. Weapons so powerful that the foe trembles with shock and awe. Love so transformative* -whether romantic or Platonic- that the erotic and divine become one. Over the course of the semester we aim to grasp both a history of the concept of the miracle, from religious to secular significance, and to gain insight into how miracles have been presented in German literature from the Bible to the Reformation and Romanticism and into the industrial and scientific ages.
The College of Arts