Death: A Theme in German Culture (level 5)

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 5
• Convenor: Eckard Michels
• Lecturers: Nicolette David, Joanne Leal, Eckard Michels, Anna Richards, John Walker and Alexander Weber
• Prerequisite: German 3 (Level 4) or German 3 (Level 5)
• Assessment: two essays of 2500 words (50% each)

This course is intended to study a particular aspect of German culture throughout the centuries taking an interdisciplinary approach. The theme of death will be approached through a variety of cultural media such as literature, poetry or architecture and from a variety of thematic approaches, including literary criticism, gender studies, philosophy, theology, psychoanalysis or history. Most texts will be studied in German.