Advanced Seminar in German Literature II: German-Language Theater after 1945: Show, Teach, Remember
GRST 302
Spring 2016
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Theater has played an integral role in the development of German culture since the 18th century. Playwrights, directors, and producers in these countries have been able--indeed compelled!--to constantly negotiate and define theater's pedagogical role vis-à-vis the public and the political sphere. They had to ask how theater can and should (re)present the world on stage, and how the world on stage can and should relate to the audience and its world. German-language theater after 1945 additionally had to tackle questions about Germany's past, as well as the past of (its) theater traditions, and the connection between visuality, aesthetics, and power that had played such an immense role during the National Socialist era. In this course, we will read some of the most important and influential plays written and produced in the German-speaking countries since 1945, as well as influential theoretical texts. We will discuss such performance aspects as set designs, language, and acting techniques, and we will ourselves stage short excerpts in various styles as a way of gaining first-hand experience with the range of possibilities in this infinitely flexible genre. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: GRST217 |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CIVI-MN)(GRST-MN)(GRST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Wolfgang Borchert, DRAUSSEN VOR DER TÜR, ISBN: 9783499101700
Max Frisch, BIEDERMANN UND DIE BRANDSTIFTER, ISBN: 9783518100417
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, DIE PHYSIKER, ISBN: 9783257230475
Peter Weiss, DIE ERMITTLUNG, ISBN: 9783518106167
Peter Handke, KASPAR, ISBN: 9783518103227
Heiner Müller, MAUSER; DIE HAMLETMASCHINE (Auszüge)
George Tabori, MEIN KAMPF (Auszüge)
Elfriede Jelinek, PRINZESSINENDRAMEN (Auszüge)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Graded assignments will include essays and journal entries on plays, performance issues, and stagings; discussion moderation; participation in class and in the stagings. |
| Instructor(s): Baeumel,Martin Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: RLANB2; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 16 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 2 | FR: 2 |
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