German Studies


German Studies

THE SENIOR PROGRAM

Recent projects in German studies include:

  • The image of the Wall in German Literature
  • Thomas Mann's Zauberberg
  • Questions of identity in Max Frisch's works
  • Günter Grass' "My Century" as Autobiography
  • Heinrich Böll
  • Anna Segher's View of the World
  • Austrian Women Authors in the 19th Century
  • Politics and Literature in Christa Wolf's Works
  • Ingeborg Bachmann's Lost Utopia
  • Feminism, Love and Sexuality in Elriede Jelinek and Verena Stefan
  • The Figure of Mephistopheles in Goethe's Faust: First Part of the Tragedy
  • Christa Wolf's "Blichwechsel" — Discussion and Translation
  • Faust: Goethe's Denial of Superstition and the Acceptance of Pure Christianity
  • Hesse's Search for Unity: Parallels with Siddhartha
  • Grosz and Brecht in Pandemoniumland: Two Views of the Weimar Republic
  • The Image of America in Current German Literature
  • German Exile Literature after Hitler's Grab for Power: The Shattered World of Safety
  • Freedom and the Middle-Class Daughter in 18th-Century Tragedy
  • Tieck's Inner Organization, Journeys and Crises: Der blonde Eckbert and Der Runenberg
  • Christa Reinigs Muessiggang ist aller Liebe Anfang: An Attempt to Determine Identity
  • Emancipation Strategies: Christa Wolf and Women's Autobiography
  • Opinions of Christa Wolf before and after the Wende
  • The Short Story in the Wirtschaftwunder: Rolf Schneider's Metamorphosis
  • Criticism of War and Society: Remarque and Borchert
  • The Relationship between Naturalism and Socialism