Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Germanics (GMAN)

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GMAN 321   DISCOURSE IN ALIENATION: FROM KAFKA TO T Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The socio-political and economic upheaval on the one hand and the religious and
itellectual one on the other, which mark this period, manifest themselves in
literature between the poles of artistic experimentation (expressionism, Kafka,
Musil) and a forced idelolgical stabilization (fascism); Holocaust literature
reflects the ultimate clash between these principles.  This course is open to
all and will be taught in English.  German majors may complete readings and
papers in German.  Also offered as Germ 381 and Huma 370.
001 HZ 119 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM      Weissenberger, Klaus H.   Enr: 0 Max: NA

GMAN 351   SPECIAL TOPIC: IMMIGRANTS IN GERMANY - T Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The course discusses the immigration history after WWII from phase of as "guest
workers" to asylum seekers. It concentrates on the problems of integration of
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations and their influence on the socio-economic
development of present-day Germany. Also offered as HUMA 376, and offered in
conjuction with LSAC 351.
001 GRB 212W - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM    Kocer, Yusuf              Enr: 5 Max: NA

GMAN 392   HITLER AND THE GERMANS                   Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The course analyzes life in Germany during the Third Reich (1933-1945),
discussing how Germans lived with, under, against, and for Hitler.  Special
topics: techniques of Nazi propaganda; Hitler in art, literature, and the
media; organization of public life under the Fuhrer-principle and the role of
traditional/new elites; complicity in legal crimes and the Final Solution;
Hitler, national socialism, "ordinary Germans," and traditions of
historiography.  Also offered as Gman 392 and Huma 371.  Gman discussions in
English and readings and discussions for German majors in Germ.
001 HUM 118 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM     Winkler, Michael          Enr: 10 Max: NA