Course: German Cultural Studies - Lecture

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Course title German Cultural Studies - Lecture
Course code KGN/KP01
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
Course content
The aim of the lecture "Germany in the 1960s - society, politics, culture" is to familiarise students with developments in German society in the 1960s, with particular emphasis on West German society and its transformation as a result of the protest movements of the time. Lecture topics: 1. Germany in the early 1960s - the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, the Berlin Wall, the Cold War 2. The Federal Republic of Germany: the economic miracle and society - Wohlstandsgesellschaft, consumerism, the family, the media 3. The German Democratic Republic: socialism and everyday life - the SED, the planned economy, the Stasi, everyday life 4. Generational conflict, parents' Nazi past 5. 1966: The Grand Coalition - SPD, CDU/CSU, Kiesinger, emergence of the extra-parliamentary opposition 6. Students and the APO, SDS, universities, Rudi Dutschke, protest culture 7. 1967/68: from protest to revolt - Benno Ohnesorg, the assassination attempt on Dutschke, '68' 8. Germany's past and criticism of Nazism - Coming to terms with the past, the Auschwitz trials, Eichmann 9. The culture of the 1960s - literature, film, pop music, television, the underground 10. Women and social change - emancipation, sexuality, the family, the women's movement 11. West Germany and East Germany in an international context - Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam, Prague 1968 12. 1968 in Germany and Czechoslovakia - Similarities and differences between the protest movements 13. The legacy of the 1960s - What did 1968 actually change? An assessment and contemporary interpretations

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to familiarise students with developments in German society in the 1960s, with particular emphasis on West German society and its transformation as a result of the protest movements of that period
- a basic overview of the political and social history of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in the 1960s; - an understanding of the differences between developments in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic; - knowledge of significant historical processes and phenomena such as Ostpolitik, the student movement and the extra-parliamentary opposition - an understanding of the 1960s as a period of generational conflict and cultural transformation - placing German developments within the broader context of the Cold War and European history
Prerequisites
The lecture is intended for all students of the Palacký University. Knowledge of German at least at B1 level

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam

Oral exam - Lecture content and required reading
Recommended literature
  • Alex Schildt (Ed.). (2003). Dynamische Zeiten. Die 60er Jahre in den beiden deutschen Gesellschaften. Hamburg.
  • Kraushaar, Wolfgang. (2018). Die blinden Flecken der 68er Bewegung. Stuttgart.
  • Werner Faulstich (Ed.). (2003). Die Kultur der 60er Jahre. München.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2022) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): German for Translators and Interpreters (2019_24) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -