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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | GERMH272B001 |
| Course Title | Global Vienna: The Imperial City as Artwork, The Modern City as Urban Experiment |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | German |
| Instructor | Burri,Michael A |
| Times and Days | MW 11:30am-12:55pm
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2975 This course investigates the clash between imperial artwork and the modern urban experiment that is a central dynamic of the Viennese experience. Drawing upon Viennese writers, artists, and intellectuals, course texts by Freud, Joseph Roth, Ingeborg Bachmann and others establish the discursive tradition of the city as artwork, while readings by Adolf Loos, Arthur Schnitzler, Veza Canetti bring into focus the modernist critique of aestheticization of the urban landscape.; Crosslisted: COML.; Enrollment Limit: 15.00 Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts), B: Analysis of the Social World (; Hav: HU, A, B) |
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