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HEIMAT RELOADED: TRACHT, TERROR, & TRANSIT

Module code: GN630
Credits: 5
Semester: 2
Department: GERMAN
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Coordinator: Dr Linda Shortt (GERMAN)

	Overview
	This module examines ideas of home and Heimat, looking at the different ways in which belonging and the desire to belong are being articulated, problematised and understood in twentieth and twenty-first century German-language culture and debates. It engages critically with concepts of belonging and adopts a historical and comparative approach to analyse different cultural and political attempts to �re-load Heimat� after 1945 as a concept without historical baggage. Investigating how Heimat and home are often used as emotionally-loaded rallying cries to mobilise the masses, protect particular spaces, and exclude others (not least in the 2015 so-called refugee crisis), this module attends to the strategies, politics, and poetics of (non-)belonging. All primary material will be available in English translation.

Overview

This module examines ideas of home and Heimat, looking at the different ways in which belonging and the desire to belong are being articulated, problematised and understood in twentieth and twenty-first century German-language culture and debates. It engages critically with concepts of belonging and adopts a historical and comparative approach to analyse different cultural and political attempts to �re-load Heimat� after 1945 as a concept without historical baggage. Investigating how Heimat and home are often used as emotionally-loaded rallying cries to mobilise the masses, protect particular spaces, and exclude others (not least in the 2015 so-called refugee crisis), this module attends to the strategies, politics, and poetics of (non-)belonging.
All primary material will be available in English translation.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Read/watch and understand primary and secondary material in German and English which explores key aspects of Heimat and place-based belonging and dislocation Appraise, compare and apply selected strategies and theories of belonging and non-belonging Evaluate and explain the cultural and historical significance of the concept of Heimat Identify and describe the patterns and recurrences that shape the poetics and politics of place-based and other forms of belonging and non-belonging Investigate, analyse and discuss representations of Heimat and/or Heimat debates in a piece of academic writing of an appropriate register and presentation

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	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes

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HEIMAT RELOADED: TRACHT, TERROR, & TRANSIT