GER 340 Vaterland und Muttersprache

An exploration of the cultural and political competition between the public realm of fatherland and the private sphere of family and of the evolving process of breaking down gender barriers in Germanic culture. Readings include plays, novels, diaries, letters, and polemical writings by Gottfried Lessing, Sophie von LaRoche, Friedrich Schiller, Theodor Fontane, Christa Wolf, and Christine Bruckner.