German Literature & Film of the Weimar Republic

6 two-hour sessions • Available by request

In this interactive seminar we will read and reflect on literature as well as watch and discuss films of the Weimar Republic (1919–33). We will explore some of the period’s most popular works: Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s musical play The Threepenny Opera; Irmgard Keun’s bestseller The Artificial Silk Girl; Leontine Sagan’s classic film Girls in Uniform; Joseph von Sternberg’s original film The Blue Angel; as well as poetry by Else Lasker-Schüler, Gertrud Kolmar, and Mascha Kaléko.