The course explores cultural visions of the Anthropocene across a range of media, focusing primarily on examples from the German-speaking context. Our main concern will be to explore how producers of culture are negotiating the far-reaching anthropogenic impacts on the planet's geology and ecosystems that have led scientists to proclaim that we have entered into a new era of geological time. Readings in ecocriticism and cultural history and theory; primary texts include film, literature, and other cultural artifacts.