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In a recent radio item on the Campus and Karriere programme of German public radio station Deutschlandfunk, the point was made that people are studying German less for the literature and more to improve their career prospects. Academic interest in Goethe, Schiller and so on-- the "klassische Ge...

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Published inThe Times higher education supplement no. 2,206; p. 19
Main Author Bloch, Brian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London THE World Universities Insights Limited 04.06.2015
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Summary:In a recent radio item on the Campus and Karriere programme of German public radio station Deutschlandfunk, the point was made that people are studying German less for the literature and more to improve their career prospects. Academic interest in Goethe, Schiller and so on-- the "klassische Germanistik"-- is declining.
ISSN:0049-3929