| 1–2 |
First-Year Basic German (4–4) Gonglewski and |
Staff |
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First part of beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing German. Prerequisite to Ger 2: Ger 1. Laboratory fee, $50 per semester. (Academic year) |
| 3–4 |
Second-Year Basic German (4–4) Gonglewski and |
Staff |
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Second half of beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing German. Prerequisite to Ger 3: Ger 2 or equivalent. Prerequisite to Ger 4: Ger 3. Laboratory fee, $50 per semester. (Academic year) |
| 5–6 |
Intensive Basic German (8–8) Gonglewski and |
Staff |
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Beginning intensive course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing German (equivalent to Ger 1–2, 3–4). Recommended for majors. Prerequisite to Ger 6: Ger 2, 5 or equivalent. Laboratory fee, $70 per semester. (Academic year) |
| 9–10 |
Intermediate German (3–3) Franz and |
Staff |
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Practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: Ger 4, 6 or permission of instructor. (Academic year) |
| 91–92 |
Introduction to German Literature—in English (3–3) Stein and |
Staff |
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Ger 91: Survey of German literature 1700–1830, including the Enlightenment through Sturm und Drang, classicism, and romanticism. Ger 92: Survey of German literature 1830–1950, including Young Germany through realism, naturalism, expressionism, and the literature of the Third Reich years (exile literature and inner emigration). (Academic year) |
| 101–2 |
Readings in Contemporary German (3–3) |
Staff |
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Analysis of representative readings of expository prose from German newspapers, periodicals, and other publications. Prerequisite: for Ger 101, Ger 4, 6 or equivalent; for Ger 102, Ger 101. (Academic year) |
| 109–10 |
Introduction to German Studies (3–3) |
Stein and Staff |
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An introduction to approaches, concepts, and analytical tools for study in the field, complemented by advanced practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: Ger 10 or permission of instructor. (Academic year) |
| 111 |
Business German (3) |
Gonglewski, Franz |
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Introductory course preparing students to function in business-related communicative situations, with an emphasis on language skills necessary for work in areas such as marketing and finance. Prerequisite: Ger 10 or permission of instructor. (Spring) |
| 161–62 |
German Culture—in English (3–3) |
Stein and Staff |
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The central problems, issues, and events that have shaped the development of German culture from antiquity to the present. Emphasis on products and processes of German culture in social, historical, and political contexts. (Academic year) |
| 165 |
20th-Century German Literature—in English (3) |
Stein and Staff |
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Survey of the major trends in the works by modernist, exile, postwar, and contemporary German writers such as Kafka, Thomas Mann, Duerrenmatt, and Grass. (Fall) |
| 171 |
The Age of Goethe—in German (3) |
Staff |
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Readings of major works of Weimar classicism in their historical and cultural context. |
| 172 |
From Romanticism to Realism—in German (3) |
Stein and Staff |
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Readings in German romanticism, literature of the "young Germany" movement (Heine), and realism (Fontane, Storm). |
| 173 |
From Naturalism to Expressionism—in German (3) |
Stein |
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Study of various literary movements between 1880 and 1914: naturalism, impressionism, symbolism, and expressionism (Hauptmann, Hesse, Thomas Mann, Kafka). |
| 174 |
Inside and Outside the Third Reich—in German (3) |
Stein |
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Analysis of literary developments inside the Nazi state (propaganda literature, literature of resistance, and inner immigration) and the literature of exile (Seghers, Remarque). |
| 175 |
Literature of Two Germanies—in German (3) |
Stein |
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Evolution of East and West German literatures after World War II, their separate developments and ultimate unification. |
| 181 |
History of German Cinema—in English (3) |
Rollberg and Staff |
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A detailed historical and cultural survey of German cinema from the first moving picture devices (1895) to the expressionistic classics of the 1920s and the collapse of the Nazi film industry in 1945. All films are subtitled. |
| 182 |
The Fairy Tale from the Grimms to Disney—in English (3) |
Stein |
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Survey of the changing form, structure, and meaning of the fairy tale in its traditional contexts, modern transformations and critical interpretations, with readings by 19th-century European collectors and 20th-century critics. |
| 183 |
Berlin Before and After the Wall—in English (3) |
Stein |
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The political, social, and cultural developments in Berlin from 1945 to the present through a reading of selected primary documents, historical analyses, and short literary texts. |
| 184 |
German Thought—in English (3) |
Staff |
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An overview of German ideas about culture, religion, society, and politics from the 16th century to the present. Readings from such writers as Luther, Leibniz, Kant, Schiller, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Weber, Heidegger, Adorno, and Habermas. |
| 185 |
Literary Voices and the Fascist Experience—in English (3) |
Staff |
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A survey of writers anticipating as well as reflecting on Germany's plunge into the totalitarian abyss of fascist politics, including H. Mann, Kafka, Juenger, Brecht, Werfel, Thomas Mann, Lenz, Frisch, Duerrenmatt, and various forms of Holocaust poetry. |
| 186 |
German Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries (3) |
Staff |
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The changing literary and social roles of German women of the 19th and 20th centuries, examined through selected readings of women's literary production and culture. |
| 195 |
Special Topics (3) |
Staff |
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May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 197–98 |
Senior Honors Thesis (3–3) |
Staff |
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Senior honors thesis on a topic related to German language, literature, or culture. Required of and open only to honors candidates in the department. (Academic year) |
