Corequisite: 01:470:101 Elementary German
Instructor-guided laboratory practicum based on intensive use of media. Designed for the improvement of aural/oral skills. Practice involves use of text related audiotapes and videotapes, individual and group work, and recordings of student speech for evaluation of pronunciation and fluency.

Corequisite: 01:470:102 Elementary German
Instructor-guided laboratory practicum based on intensive use of media. Designed for the improvement of aural/oral skills. Practice involves use of text related audiotapes and videotapes, individual and group work, and recordings of student speech for evaluation of pronunciation and fluency.

Not open for credit to students who have had two or more years of secondary school German. Does not satisfy prerequisite for 01:470:131 or 132.
Development of reading skills for students who wish to acquire a basic competence in the language for research purposes. Texts chosen from the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences.

Offered only as part of the Summer Program in Germany. Credit not given for these courses and 01:470:101-102.
Development of basic skills in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing.

Four meetings per week for 6 credits.
Accelerated development of reading, writing oral, and oral skills; preparation for the Zertifikat Deutsch and 200-level courses within one year.

Not open to students who have taken 01:470:102.
Intermediate reinforcement course. Practice in speaking, reading, and writing German; extensive grammar review; cultural topics.

Prerequisite: 01:470:102 or placement test.
Emphasis on conversation and composition, based on everyday situations, aspects of culture, and contemporary German short stories; review of major grammatical points.

Treatment of significant aspects of language transfer, both theoretical and practical, with focus on texts from the sciences and humanities.

Reading and discussion of advanced text material based on contemporary German culture. Intensive practice in word formation, sentence structure, and expository writing.

Critical appreciation of German literature through the study of selections of prose fiction, drama, and poetry, and the culture of the periods in which they were written.

Taught in English.
Relevance of the Faust theme to Western civilization from biblical days to the present, with emphasis on Goethe's Faust.

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

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

Limited to and required of residents of the Douglass College German House. May not be used in satisfaction of major requirements. Course may be repeated.
Development of active language skills through formal instruction and the daily experience of foreign language immersion in the varied activities of the house.

Offered only as part of the summer program in Germany. Prerequisite: Permission of the director of the summer program in Germany.
For students wishing to pursue an individualized project in German language, literature, or civilization under the guidance of a member of the department.

Prerequisite: 01:470:232 or equivalent.
Development of effective communication models with emphasis on the terminology of economics. Treatment of basic principles governing commercial organizations in the German-speaking countries.

Prerequisite: 01:470:313 or permission of instructor.
Continuation of 01:470:313 with emphasis on the terminology of international commerce and the development of specialized language skills for diverse business situations. Contrastive treatment of cultural factors affecting German-American trade relations.

Only for students in the German teaching program; others by permission of instructor. May count as education credit but not toward the major in German.
Practical solutions to classroom problems; course planning: teaching aims, pedagogical devices, language content, cultural background, selection of texts.

Introduction to textual categories, literary terminology, and methodological problems through the analysis and interpretation of representative works of literature.

Readings from such poets as Walther von der Vogelweide, Gryphius, Klopstock, Goethe, Schiller, the romantics, Heine, George, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Benn, and Brecht.

Study of the drama through readings from such playwrights as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Grillparzer, Büchner, Hebbel, Hauptmann, Kaiser, Brecht, and Dürrenmatt.

Studies in short genres of German prose such as the anecdote, farce, fable, novella, and short story.

Studies in the German fairy tale, legend, and folk song; principal characteristics and cultural contexts.

The first "Golden Age" of German literature (1175-1225) in modern adaptation. Readings from such epics as the Nibelungenlied, Tristan, and Parzival, as well as the poetry of the minnesingers.

German literature from about 1400 to 1700, with emphasis on the following writers: Hutten, Luther, Hans Sachs, Fischart, Opitz,
Gryphius, and Grimmelshausen.

Cultural foundations of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from the age of Luther to the Napoleonic era. Readings from historical, didactic, and poetic documents, supplemented by slides and recorded music.

Contemporary cultural, social, and political life in German-speaking countries with emphasis on the daily experience. Audiovisuals, guest lectures, field trips, and contact with resource persons.

Offered only as part of the summer program in Germany.
Interpretation and analysis of major works of German literature as cultural phenomena, with special reference to the art monuments of the Lake Constance region. Field trips to key sites in Austria, France (Alsace), Germany, and Switzerland.

In English with 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.

In English with 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.

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

Taught in German.
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.

Taught in English.
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.

Study of realistic literature from its beginnings (Hebbel, Grillparzer, Heine, Büchner, Junges Deutschland, and Vormärz) to the end of the century (Fontane, Raabe, Hauptmann). Readings of theoretical and poetic texts.

Major literary movements and figures from the turn of the century to the end of World War II, including naturalism (Hauptmann), impressionism (Schnitzler), symbolism (Rilke), expressionism (Kaiser, Trakl), neo-factualism (Zuckmayer), the outsiders (Wedekind, Hesse, Kafka), and the anti-Nazi writers in exile (Mann, Brecht).

Literary trends and currents from the end of World War II to the present: the "literature of the ruins" (Borchert, Böll); documentary theater (Weiss, Hochhuth); Brecht's Epic Theater and East Germany; major novelists (Böll, Frisch, Grass, Wolf) and playwrights (Dürrenmatt, Handke).

Cultural foundations of Germany from the abolition of the First Reich by Napoleon in 1806 to the end of the Second Reich in 1918. Readings from historical, didactic, and poetic documents, supplemented by slides and recorded music.

Cultural foundations of Germany from the end of World War I to the present. Readings from historical, didactic, and poetic documents, supplemented by slides and recorded music.

Satirical features and strategies in literary and visual texts from late medieval carnival plays to postmodern cabaret.