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Twentieth Century Art (Formerly 58.221)

Description

A study of developments in painting, sculpture, performance, media arts, conceptual art, architecture, and design after 1900. This course encompasses modernisms in Europe, the Americas and Japan, alongside contexts of colonialism, cultural appropriation, and gender-based critiques of western avant-garde movements.

Prerequisites

Pre-req: ENGL.1010 College Writing I.

Northern Renaissance Art (Formerly 58.323)

Description

A study of 15th and 16th century painting and sculpture north of the Alps including artists such as Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean Fouquet and Albrecht Dürer. This course considers how social forces (politics, race, religion, gender etc.) influenced the manner in which Northern renaissance art was produced, viewed, and understood, as well as how these forces led to the creation of some of the most startling, strange and enigmatic images of any period in the history of art.

Prerequisites

Pre-req: ENGL.1010 College Writing I.

Old English Language and Literature (Formerly 42.315)

Description

Students will acquire reading knowledge of the Old English Language, spending half the semester mastering grammar and vocabulary, and the second half translating texts such as The Wanderer, Dream of the Rood, and Beowulf. Attention will also be given to early medieval cultures in England.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: ENGL.1020 College Writing II.

Beowulf and Heroic Literature (Formerly 42.336)

Description

We will read Beowulf in translation, and discuss contemporary approaches to the poem. We will also study other Old English works such as Judith, as well as Frankish and Old Norse-Icelandic literature in translation to gain a cultural context for Beowulf. May include discussion of how later works, such as those of J.R.R. Tolkien or modern fantasy writers have been influenced by these medieval epics.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: ENGL 1020 College Writing II.

Renaissance and Reformation (Formerly 43.231)

Description

The history of Europe in the time of transition between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. Two principle topics are the intensification of cultural change which began in Italy around 1300 and spread slowly northward and the disruption of the unity of the Western Christian Church.

Europe in the Twentieth Century (Formerly 43.237)

Description

This course will survey the continent's history over its "age of extremes" in the twentieth century, moving broadly from the apogee of European global power at the turn of the century to its decline in the trauma of two world wars and decolonization, through the Cold War and post-1945 recovery and the challenges and possibilities that have arisen for Europe in the aftermath of 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Holocaust (Formerly 43.321)

Description

In a world in which genocide is real, the murder of six-to-eight million Jews between 1939 and 1945 remains a critical topic of inquiry. When were factories of death first conceived? What perverse rationale motivated the collaborators who built and operated the gas chambers and crematoria? This course will answer questions of this kind by examining the most respected scholars who have written on and primary sources that speak directly to the Holocaust

World of the Atlantic (Formerly 43.323)

Description

The concept of the Atlantic world arose to describe the interactions of the peoples of the Americas, Europe, and Africa through trade, conquest, colonialism, independence and beyond. In this class, we will consider the cultural, economic, and political relationships that are formed and change over time between these groups. We will pay special attention to historical approaches to studying and writing about the Atlantic World.

Germany Since 1871 (Formerly 43.337)

Description

This course will survey major developments of Modern German History, from German Unification through European Union. Topics covered will include German social, political and military evolution under the Empire: the impact of modern, "total" war; the upheavals of the Weimar and Nazi periods; German recovery and division during the Cold War; German reunification and its contemporary aftermath.

Nazi Germany (Formerly 43.373)

Description

This course looks at the period 1933-1945 (the period of the "Third Reich") in Germany from the perspectives of economics, politics, society, and the arts. In the course, we will read preeminent historians who have written on each of these themes in order to gain a firm understanding of the historical debates that surround the period. Specific subjects include the Nazi consolidation of power, the increasingly brutal nature of anti-Semitic policies, the power struggles among chief Nazi officials, the ideologies and personae of figures like Hitler, Rosenberg, and Goebbels, the nature of "Nazi art" and cultural policies, and the path to war.

United States Industry Twentieth Century (Formerly 43.379)

Description

An exploration of the rapid growth of the American economy in the 20th century, including the evolution of the large corporation and the mass production assembly line. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which immigrants, women, and the African Americans were affected by the rise of big business. The course also traces the decline of the traditional U.S. manufacturing base following the Second World War and the impact this had on the working class and their unions.

PhilosophyClassics: Nietzsche (Formerly 45.323)

Description

A detailed introduction to Nietzsche's thought and its reception. This course will examine Nietzsche's most important works and central concepts such as the Dionysian and Apollonian, the last man, overman, eternal recurrence, genealogy, and will to power.

German 1 and Culture (Formerly 51.101)

Description

Develops German speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through the discovery of the culture of German speaking countries in a communicative approach (instruction occurs in German with clarification in English). This class is the 1st of the 4-course German language program offered at UML. Language courses are sequential and must be taken accordingly.

German 2 and Culture (Formerly 51.102)

Description

Continuation of German 1 and Culture (or equivalent), which is a pre-requisite. Strengthens German speaking, listening, reading and writing skills acquired in German 1 and Culture through the discovery of the culture of German speaking countries in a communicative approach (instruction occurs in German with some clarification in English). This class is the 2nd of the 4-course German language program offered at UML. Language courses are sequential and must be taken accordingly.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: 51.101 German 1 and Culture.

German 3 and Culture (Formerly 51.211)

Description

Enhances the four skills acquired in German 2 and Culture (or equivalent), which is a pre-requisite: speaking, listening, reading and writing through the discovery of the culture of German speaking countries in a communicative approach (instruction occurs in German with minimal use of English). This class is the 3rd of the 4-course German language program offered at UML. Language courses are sequential and must be taken accordingly.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: WLGE.1020 German 2 and Culture.

German 4 and Culture (Formerly 51.212)

Description

This course has German 3 and Culture (or equivalent) as a pre-requisite and is the 4th and last of the 4-course German language program offered at UML. The course strengthens the four skill acquired in prior levels. It emphasizes increased accuracy and depth of students' abilities and knowledge of the culture of German speaking countries in a communicative approach (instruction occurs in German with almost no use of English). Students express themselves orally and in writing at the national standards level of high-intermediate and understand key-concepts when spoken clearly at native speed.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: 51.211 German 3 and Culture.

Grimms' Fairy Tales (Formerly 51.300)

Description

This course will provide a study of the Grimms' fairy tales, their collection and publication by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the contest of 19th century German Romanticism, and their enduring relevance to modern social commentary. Reading the texts in English translation, students will gain a critical understanding of the content and structure of the tales, of their cultural components, and their function through time to entertain, edify, and inform about life in the social milieu. The course is taught in English.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: ENGL 1020 College Writing II.

German Culture and Civilization

Description

This course examines the cultural and social development of Germany, from the end of World War II until now. This course analyzes the radical transformation of Germany through a deep identity crisis and the rising of new German generations. Germany's cultural, political and economical reconstruction will be discussed in readings, films, documentaries, architecture, pictures, and paintings. Course materials are in English or in German with English subtitles. This course is conducted in English.

Prerequisites

Pre-Req: ENGL 1020 College Writing II.