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Department of Classics, Modern Languages & Linguistics Faculty of Arts & Science Fall 2017 Term Dates: September 5th to December 4th, 2017 Final Exam Dates: December 6th to December 20th, 2017 (NOTE: Travel arrangements should not be made until after the Final Exam Schedule has been posted.) Course: GERM 450/2-A Day & Time: Tue & Thu 16:15-17:30 Location: H-529 Professor: S. Bronner Email: [email protected] Office Hours: Tue & Thu 17:35-18:30 Office Ext.: 5226 Office Location: FB-1030.07 Required Text: No material needs to be purchased. Grading System for the Department of Classics, Modern Languages & Linguistics (In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University’s control, the content and/or evaluation scheme for this course is subject to change.) A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F/FNS 93-100 89-92 86-88 82-85 79-81 76-78 72-75 69-71 66-68 62-65 59-61 55-58 0-54 This course investigates the changing literary and social roles of German Calendar Description of the Course: women from the 18th to the 21st century. Selected readings of women’s literary and cultural productions will also illustrate the history of gender GERM 450 coding from the period of Empfindsamkeit to the fin de siècle. In addition to German Women Writers Across the Ages examining cultural artifacts, such as novels, plays, screen scripts, paintings (3 credits) and advertisements, the course also offers an insight into the Women’s movement (both in Eastern and Western Germany). An introduction to main concepts of gender theory provides the basis to analyze the variety of gender identities and representations. The language of instruction is English, and no prior knowledge of the German language is required. Advanced-level students — i.e. students placed at the 300 level or higher in German language courses — must do the readings and submit their work in German. Important Term Dates: Last day to drop courses (DNE): September 18, 2017 (According to the Undergraduate Last day to add courses: September 18, 2017 Calendar) Last day to discontinue courses (DISC): November 6, 2017 Holidays – Thanksgiving Day: October 9, 2017 Make-Up Day for Thanksgiving Day: December 5, 2017 First day of the Examination period: December 6, 2017 Last day of the Examination period: December 20, 2017 Important Notes: 1. It is the Departmental Policy that auditing courses is not permitted. 2. Assignments should be handed in during class time or during your professor’s office hours. When circumstances necessitate it and you cannot make it to class, please email your assignment to your professor. Plagiarism: The Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics upholds the University’s principles of academic integrity and expects its students to understand and follow the regulations of the Code of Conduct (Academic). http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity/code.html All students are advised to consult the website the following website on academic integrity and information concerning plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct: http://www.concordia.ca/students/academic-integrity.html Ignorance of these regulations is not a viable excuse for transgressing the Code of Conduct (Academic). Violations of the Code of Conduct (Academic) can result in a variety of sanctions which include, among others, a failure of your assignment, a failure in your course or additional mandatory credits. The most common offense under the Code of Conduct Academic is plagiarism which the Code defines as “the presentation of the work of another person as one’s own or without proper acknowledgement.” This could be material copied word for word from books, journals, internet sites, professor’s course notes, etc. It could be material that is paraphrased but closely resembles the original source. It could be the work of a fellow student, for example, an answer on a quiz, data for a lab report, a paper or assignment completed by another student. It might be a paper purchased through one of the many available sources. Plagiarism does not refer to words alone – it can also refer to copying images, graphs, tables and ideas. “Presentation” is not limited to written work. It also includes oral presentations, computer assignments and artistic works. Finally, if you translate the work of another person into French or English and do not cite the source this is also plagiarism. In simple words: Do not copy, paraphrase or translate anything from anywhere without saying from where you obtained it! 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The Male Politics of Visibility and Authorship – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff °° Week 4 September 26 Text: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: Joseph. A Crime Story September 28 Text: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: Joseph. A Crime Story _____________________________________________________________________________________________ °° The Ideal Woman, a Male Fantasy - Lou Andreas-Salomé °° Week 5 October 3 Text: Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Human Family: Stories October 5 Text: Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Human Family: Stories [Text: Rosa Luxemburg’s Letters] ° Thinking about Feminism II – Bridging theory and action ° Week 6 October 10 Text: Julia Kristeva: Psychoanalysis and the Polis Text: Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Human Family: Stories October 12 Text: Lou Andreas-Salomé: The Human Family: Stories ______________________________________________________________________________________________ °° Love, Sex, Power & Class in the Weimar Republic - Imgard Keun: The Artificial Silk Girl °° Week 7 October 17 Text: Irmgard Keun: The Artificial Silk Girl October 19 Text: Irmgard Keun: The Artificial Silk Girl ______________________________________________________________________________________________ °° Politics, Body & Sexuality ° Thinking about Feminism III – Sex & Gender ° Week 8 October 24 Text: Judith Butler: Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire Text: Verena Stefan: Shedding October 26 Text: Verena Stefan: Shedding [Text: Ulrike Meinhof: Writings] °° Sex, Arts & Neurosis – “The Piano Teacher” °° Week 9 October 31 Film: Michael Haneke/Elfriede Jelinek: The Piano Teacher November 2 Film: Michael Haneke/Elfriede Jelinek: The Piano Teacher ______________________________________________________________________________________________ °° German Fräulein-Pop I – Judith Hermann: Summerhouse, later °° Week 10 November 7 Text: Judith Hermann: Summerhouse, later November 9 Text: Judith Hermann: Summerhouse, later Week 11 November 14 Text: Judith Hermann: Summerhouse, later November 16 Text: Judith Hermann: Summerhouse, later ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Week 12 November 21 Exam Review November 23 FINAL IN-CLASS EXAM ______________________________________________________________________________________________ °° German Fräulein Pop II °° Week 13 November 28 Film: Frauke Finsterwalder: Finsterworld November 30 Film: Frauke Finsterwalder: Finsterworld ______________________________________________________________________________________________ A selection of authors you might want to include in your FIPs: Enlightenment - Romanticism ca. 1750-1870: Bettina von Arnim, Sophie von La Roche, Caroline de la Motte Fouqué Around 1900: Vicki Baum, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Annette Kolb, Else Lasker-Schüler 20th Century: Ilse Aichinger, Ingeborg Bachmann, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Sarah Kirsch, Nelly Sachs, Rosamunde Pilcher, Anna Seghers, Christa Wolf, Judith Kerr Contemporary authors: Karen Duve, Julia Franck, Ulla Hahn, Herta Müller, Charlotte Roche, Juli Zeh, Verena Roßbacher, Fräuleinwunder (Female Pop Literaure): Julia Franck, Judith Hermann Mariana Leky, Alexa Hennig von Lange, Zoë Jenny, Juli Zeh und Ricarda Junge A little orientation: German Literary Periods Classicism Modernism