GERMAN 112
Feminist Issues in German Literature and Culture
Description: Lecture, three hours. Taught in English. Analysis of major issues in German feminism today (e.g., status, creative work, and reception of women writers in various periods such as Romanticism, Fascism, and/or divided/unified Germanies). Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2022 - When I took 112, it was on gender/feminism and I wasn't really that engaged with the material if I'm honest. The novels were a little dry and a few of the films we watched were older and more avant garde, so I found it hard to really enjoy what we were learning about, but I think that's just down to my personal taste. I still really enjoyed the course and Professor Zubiaurre was amazing. She's really caring and always wants to hear from her students, which makes it so much more worth it to come to class because it means not having to sit through a boring lecture. She only showed us slides a few times (to give historical context on what we were reading, etc.) but when she did, I really enjoyed the presentations because they were very visual-oriented. I was also really glad that she was such a lenient grader (at least compared to the uptight English professors that I'm used to) and gave us freedom to write about whatever we wanted. I had a good experience and I would definitely take her again!
Spring 2022 - When I took 112, it was on gender/feminism and I wasn't really that engaged with the material if I'm honest. The novels were a little dry and a few of the films we watched were older and more avant garde, so I found it hard to really enjoy what we were learning about, but I think that's just down to my personal taste. I still really enjoyed the course and Professor Zubiaurre was amazing. She's really caring and always wants to hear from her students, which makes it so much more worth it to come to class because it means not having to sit through a boring lecture. She only showed us slides a few times (to give historical context on what we were reading, etc.) but when she did, I really enjoyed the presentations because they were very visual-oriented. I was also really glad that she was such a lenient grader (at least compared to the uptight English professors that I'm used to) and gave us freedom to write about whatever we wanted. I had a good experience and I would definitely take her again!
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Wow, it seems like the Holocaust class was great. Unfortunately, German 112 was boring. Only a few texts were good and many students in the class did outside work while Presner was lecturing. He didn't bring anything new and interesting to our discussions and as a literature major, I was very dissapointed. I think that it's funny that someone talked about his looks. Okay, not the best judge of a person's abilities, and in my opinion he would have to look like George Clooney to make his class interesting...Overall, I wasn't impressed and I wouldn't take another class with him.
Wow, it seems like the Holocaust class was great. Unfortunately, German 112 was boring. Only a few texts were good and many students in the class did outside work while Presner was lecturing. He didn't bring anything new and interesting to our discussions and as a literature major, I was very dissapointed. I think that it's funny that someone talked about his looks. Okay, not the best judge of a person's abilities, and in my opinion he would have to look like George Clooney to make his class interesting...Overall, I wasn't impressed and I wouldn't take another class with him.
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