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Beginners or students with less than two years of German in secondary school normally take courses 01:470:101,102, and then 131,132. Students who have had two or more years of German in secondary school and who wish to continue this language are assigned according to their achievement on a placement test. Students who wish to complete the equivalent of 101-102, 131-132 within one year may do so by taking Accelerated Beginning German (111-112; 6 credits per term). Courses 01:470:101,102 and 105,106 are conducted partly in German. All other courses, with the exception of literature, culture, and film courses in English translation, are conducted entirely in German.
  
   
  01:470:255. THE FAUST LEGEND THROUGH THE AGES (3)
 
Relevance of the Faust theme to Western civilization from biblical days to the present, with emphasis on Goethe's Faust.
  
   
  01:470:261,262. MAJOR GERMAN WRITERS (3,3)
 

Selected masterpieces of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present.

  
   
  01:470:275. GERMAN STUDIES SEMINAR (3)
 

Required for all German studies majors; should be taken in the sophomore or junior year.
Survey of topics, theoretical approaches, and research methods in German studies. Interdisciplinary examination of twentieth century German culture.

  
   
  01:470:349. CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CINEMA (3)
 

One section taught in German.
New German Cinema as a contemporary mode of artistic expression. Viewing and analysis of films by such outstanding directors as Fassbinder, Herzog, Schloendorff, and Wenders. Emphasis on the "literary" aspects of the German cinema.

  
   
  01:470:350. THE NAZI PERIOD IN FILM (3)
 

One section taught in German.
Feature and documentary films dealing with the cultural, historical, and political development of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and
its global implications.

  
   
  01:470:365,366. LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE FROM NIETZSCHE TO BRECHT (3,3)
 

Interaction between German literature and society from the unification (1871) and industrialization of Germany to the end of World War II.

  
   
  01:470:367. SELF AND SOCIETY IN THE POSTWAR GERMAN NOVEL AND SHORT STORY (3)
 

Major prose writers of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland since the end of World War II.

  
   
  01:470:368. SELF AND SOCIETY IN THE POSTWAR GERMAN DRAMA (3)
 

Major playwrights of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland since the end of World War II.

  
   
  01:470:373. BERTOLT BRECHT, DRAMATIST AND MARXIST (3)
 

Study of Brecht's Epic (Marxist) Theater and its impact on contemporary dramatic theory and theatrical practice; an introduction to Brecht's poetry of engagement.

  
   
  01:470:375. NEW SUBJECTIVITY IN LITERATURE AND FILM (3)
 

Literature and film in the context of political, social, and cultural developments since the late 1960s. Topics include the politics of the personal, reconciliation with the Nazi past, the "death of literature," and the rise of German feminism.

  
   
  01:470:380. GERMAN-JEWISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE (3)
 
Special permission required for credit toward major. Credit not given for both this course and 01:500:380.
Survey of German-Jewish culture, eighteenth century to present. Literature in political-historical context, with some attention to music, philosophy, and film.
  
   
  01:470:381. CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF GERMANY (3)
 
Significant aspects of German civilization from the Age of Charlemagne to the unification of Germany in 1870. Focus on the German contribution to music, the arts, the sciences, philosophy, and literature.
  
   
  01:470:383. GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY (3)
 
Myths and religious practices of the migration period and the age of the Vikings. Sources: the Eddas, Christian and pre-Christian documents and texts, archaeological finds, place names, modern folkloristic beliefs.
  
   
  01:470:385. THE CHANGING IMAGE OF WOMEN IN GERMAN LITERATURE (3)
 
Selected works of German literature that convey the experience of women cast into socially prescribed roles.
  
   
  01:470:387,388,389,390. TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION (1.5,1.5,3,3)
   

 

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