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Topics in German Literature: Radical Trans-: Drifts, Rifts and Shifts in Literature and the Arts
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graduate
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https://german.princeton.edu/whats-on/courses/graduate/2025-26-spring/ger-526
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https://german.princeton.edu/whats-on/courses/current?t=graduate
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2026-03-10T04:25:54+00:00
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Topics in German Literature: Radical Trans-: Drifts, Rifts and Shifts in Literature and the Arts

Source: https://german.princeton.edu/whats-on/courses/graduate/2025-26-spring/ger-526 Parent: https://german.princeton.edu/whats-on/courses/current?t=graduate

GER 526

Topics in German Literature: Radical Trans-: Drifts, Rifts and Shifts in Literature and the Arts

Spring 2026

Tu

1:30p - 4:20p

https://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/course-details?term=1264&courseid=003213

What does it mean to think trans- not as a marker of identity or political stance, but as an impulse toward crossing and altering form(s)? This course is an introduction to a generative principle of literature and art, expressed metaphorically by the prefix trans- (“across, beyond”). How does trans- operate in poetic language and other forms of art resisting stability to bring about “the new“? Trans- points to processes and mutations, as suggested by its iterations. While “transgression” peaked in theory around 2000, “translingualism” is still flourishing. We will engage with the potential of trans- from “translation“ to “corecore“. Seminar discussions in English.

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