GERM367

Recommended: 200-level General Education and/or humanities course; and sophomore standing. Cross-listed with: CMLT399E. Credit only granted for: GERM399E, CMLT399E or GERM367. Formerly: GERM399E. Additional information: Priority in enrollment will be given to German majors. An investigation of the relationship between climate and art & literature. Introduction to ecological thinking followed by study of artistic and literary works thematically grouped by the four elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. Readings from the German literary tradition (Goethe, Tieck, Stifter, Kafka, Frisch, Wolf) and contemporary research in the environmental humanities, with additional readings and viewings from elsewhere on the planet. Taught in English.