GERST 1121

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GERST 1121
FWS: Writing Berlin

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Berlin is a city that reinvents itself by rewriting itself. In this writing seminar, we'll study a variety of literary, visual, and sonic texts to create a mythical map of the city from its emergence as modern metropolis in the 1920s, reduction to rubble in World War II, refuge for the disaffected in the 1980s, and rebirth in the 21st century. As we make our way through the linguistic, visual, and aural landscape of its ever-changing topography, we'll create our own stories of a mythical Berlin in dialogue with texts written by the displaced persons who breached its walls and navigated its illicit economies. We'll also become more critical readers and viewers, as well as better writers.


Writing and Languages (FWS)

Distribution Requirements (WRT-AG)

Last 3 terms offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2023SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20488 GERST 1121   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Strateman, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.