GM3088 Travel Writing in German since 1990

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be arranged.

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Module coordinator

Dr A T Cusack

Dr A T Cusack
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Module Staff

Dr A Cusack

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Module description

Although literary scholars declared the German-language travelogue to be a dead genre in 1989, travel writing enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in the two following decades. This revival appears to have been prompted by such factors as the radical reconfiguration of real (and imaginary) geographies in the wake of German Reunification. At the same time as this resurgence, there occurred a shift in cultural studies referred to as the spatial turn. Theorists of culture were becoming interested in how constructing and negotiating space bears upon identity. In this module the insights of the spatial turn are applied to the reading of the newest German-language travel writing.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

PERMISSION OF THE GERMAN HONOURS ADVISER

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

90 minute seminar

Scheduled learning hours

28

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

122

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.