Text, Media, Memory
Examines different types of text in German studies and introduces media theory, memory studies, and critical theory.
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Analyze literary and cultural artifacts of Global German Studies in their historical and cultural contexts.
Evaluate how memory is mobilized and instrumentalized for political, personal, and cultural ends.
Interrogate institutional and political memory culture.
Analyze the techniques of argumentation in literary and cultural studies.
Identify controversies in the interpretation of history and memory.
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Examines different types of text in the field of German studies and introduces such methodologies and fields as media theory, memory studies, and critical theory.
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- Different types of text in German studies
- Media theory, memory studies, and critical theory
- Literary and cultural artifacts of Global German Studies
- Memory mobilization and instrumentalization
- Institutional and political memory culture
- Argumentation techniques in literary and cultural studies
- Controversies in the interpretation of history and memory
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- Analyzing literary and cultural artifacts in historical and cultural contexts
- Evaluating the mobilization and instrumentalization of memory
- Interrogating institutional and political memory culture
- Analyzing argumentation techniques in literary and cultural studies
- Identifying controversies in the interpretation of history and memory
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