Saturday, December 13, 2014
Part B
I learned Literature in Germany is composed of written works of German speaking citizens of central Europe. Also, the literature has shared concepts from the history to the politics of German. In addition, I learned Music and dance became popular in Germany in the mid-16th century. During this period, Martin Luther, who led the Protestant Reformation, composed lots of chorales. Also, I learned from the movies that Germany is always depicted as greatly industrialized nation. That cannot be changed by the culture of youth. When it comes to music, Germany is home to some of the best-renowned performers, composers, and producers in the world. Germany boasts of being the third largest music market in the world and the main music marketplace in Europe. Worldwide, German classical music is the most renowned and commonly performed. The beginning of German music could be tracked back to the early 12th century compositions; these were highlighted by Hided of Bingen who composed a variety of hymns. After religious music, mainly in Latin, dominated for centuries, the minnesingers also known as love poets spread across Germany.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof
Complex Review
In the present-day, apparently intractable era of
political terrorism, the movie The Baader
Meinhof Complex takes its audience back to history to learn from the
violent protests of late 19th to early 20th century. Bernd
Eichinger’s film shades light on the morals and psychological insights of
terrorism under the watch of Western authority and the secret agent. The movie commences on a beach setting with
the twin daughters of journalist Ulrike Meinhof playing together in the watch
of their mother. Meinhof has written a letter to Empress Farah, who is supposed
to be on a trip to West Germany. Seemingly, the presence of the Iranian couple
in Germany was highly unwelcomed; an event that leads to a group of thugs
attacking peaceful demonstrators. The
police are nowhere to intervene and after some time, a plainclothesman under
polices’ active assistance, brutally shoots dead one of the protesters. This
event marks the epicenter of social disorder in Germany.
The emergence of radical associates turns to the
government by employing calculated tacks of violence against symbolic and real
targets. The youths become radicalized and intolerant to the government of the
day, a factor that makes them to be baptized as “terrorists.” Attacks and
counter-attacks take center stage between the brutal and uncomprehending
government authorities and the retaliatory terrorists. Consequently, RAF and their
supporters adopted a neo-Nazi predisposition in West Germany, which backed
America’s imperialism in developing nations, dominance of Palestinians by the
Israeli, and manipulation of the poor. The utopian ideas, impatience, and
gradualism made the youth radicals who pushed Germany to be a police state. The
movie’s factual nature with vivid expositions makes it hard for the audience to
confound prior judgments; a strong point for the director.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
My expectations for German 110
I am very happy to take German 110 class because I am very interested about Germany history. Also, I love to learn new culture that is totally difference from my culture. I would like know about their music, food, and poem. I hope to learn many things in their culture.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Poets and writers in Germany
Poets and writers in the 20th
and 21st Centuries in Germany
Literature in Germany is composed of
written works of German speaking citizens of central Europe. The literature has
shared concepts from the history to the politics of Germany. These aspects are
discontinuity and fragmentation (Gerstenberger 20).
In the last decades, especially the 20th
century, literature was predominantly influenced by international postmodernism
(Gerstenberger 24). It was a movement that
brought together heterogeneous elements for the purposes of appealing to a more
sophisticated, as well as a popular readership.
Pastiche, parody and multiple allusions amongst other cultural productions signify
postmodern literature. Factors in poetry such as narratives, recipes for
favourite and common German dishes, interludes, fairy tales, contemporary
feminism were at first misunderstood since they were judged in accordance to the
standards that had been set to define canonical modern novels. After being
viewed in the perspective of postmodernism, the next stage was critical
analysis and re-evaluation (Gerstenberger 30).
After the fall of the Berlin wall, which
happened in 1989, writers got a chance to explore and understand the tensions
that existed between East and West Germany. An intense debate that touched on
East Germany’s experience, which was under communism, arose. The main concern
was to establish whether the mental need to unite with the experience would be
compared to the act of soul-searching that happened subsequently after the
Second World War. Monika Maron, a renowned poet, addressed this issue in her
novel, Stille Zeile (Gerstenberger 40).
Finally, a new generation emerged in the
21st century that provided a reunification in their style of writing and
critics (Gerstenberger 43). Poets like Helden
Wie came up with interesting novels that debated on subjects like the role of the
secret police in Germany and the importance of peace amongst other captivating
subjects. The Nazi also continued to engage in German mode of writing (Gerstenberger 56). The panache of writing and the complexity
of the information that is put into writing today are different from that which
was done five decades ago (Gerstenberger 67).
Works Cited
Gerstenberger, Katharina. German Literature in a New Century:
Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations. New York: Berghahn, 2008.
Print.
Music and Poetry in Germany
Music, theatre, and dance in the
18th and 19th century in Germany
Music and dance became popular in Germany
in the mid-16th century. During this period, Martin Luther, who led the
Protestant Reformation, composed lots of
chorales. His songs were based on the old Latin hymns, as well as secular
tunes. The chorales were only meant for performances in religious services;
they represented a musical form that was used in the Protestant church in
Germany. The church was developed by the musicologist and composer in the early
17th century, and Heinrich Schutz took after him, and he was able to
come up with music that was strictly sacred. He used newer styles as compared
to the ones that his Italian teachers used with German forms. Surprisingly, the
first German opera was his Dafne (Strimple 60).
The late ornamental period in relation to
music history was highly dominated by Johann Sebastian Bach. He was a prolific
and brilliant composer and specifically played the harpsichord and organ. He
produced a number of masterpieces that were instrumental, as well as sacred.
Another crucial and well-remembered figure was George Telemann; he was
recognised as the leading German composer during his time. He is considered as being
very versatile and prolific (Strimple 70).
Until the 20th century, music in Germany
was understood to have been in existence because of Australian composers.
Ludwig Van Beethoven is a credited musician and dancer in history who was able
to bridge the gap between 18th and 19th centuries’ music. He has been regarded
as a pivotal interim figure that came in between the classical and Romantic
periods (Strimple 78).
Works Cited
Strimple, Nick. Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century. New
York: Amadeus, 2008. Print.
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