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Fall 2006 Courses

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101. Elementary German I
Helen Cafferty M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25
German 101 is the first language course in German and is open to all students without prerequisite. Three hours per week. Emphasis on four skills: speaking and understanding, reading, and writing. Introduces aspects of culture. One hour of conversation and practice with teaching assistant. Integrated language laboratory work.
101. Elementary German I
Helen Cafferty M 1:30 - 2:25, W 1:30 - 2:25, F 1:30 - 2:25
German 101 is the first language course in German and is open to all students without prerequisite. Three hours per week. Emphasis on four skills: speaking and understanding, reading, and writing. Introduces aspects of culture. One hour of conversation and practice with teaching assistant. Integrated language laboratory work.
156. Nazi Cinema
Birgit Tautz T 8:30 - 9:55, TH 8:30 - 9:55
A study of selected films made in Germany under the auspices of the Nazis (1933�1945). Illustrates that Nazi cinema was as much entertainment as it was overt propaganda in the service of a terror regime; therefore includes examples of science fiction,adventure films , and adaptations of literature, as well as anti-Semitic and pro-war feature films and documentaries. Examines three interrelated areas: 1) How Nazi cultural politics and ideology defined the role of cinema, 2) How the films produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945 supported and/or undermined the Nazi regime, and 3) How politics, manipulation, and propaganda work through entertainment. No knowledge of German is required.
203. Intermediate German I
Jill Smith M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25
Three hours per week of reading, speaking, composition, and review of grammar. Continued emphasis on German culture. One hour of conversation and practice with teaching assistant. Language laboratory also available. Equivalent of German 102 is required.
203. Intermediate German I
Jill Smith M 1:30 - 2:25, W 1:30 - 2:25, F 1:30 - 2:25
Three hours per week of reading, speaking, composition, and review of grammar. Continued emphasis on German culture. One hour of conversation and practice with teaching assistant. Language laboratory also available. Equivalent of German 102 is required.
205. Advanced German
Birgit Tautz T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25
Designed to explore aspects of German culture in depth, while increasing oral fluency, writing and reading skills, and comprehension. Topics include post-war and/or post-unification themes in historical and cross-cultural contexts. Particular emphasis on post-1990 German youth culture and language. Includes fiction writing, film, music, and various news media. Weekly individual sessions with the Teaching Fellow from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universit�t-Mainz.
315. Realism and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century German Literature and Culture
Jill Smith M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25
What is revolution? What forms has it taken within German-speaking society and culture? Examines a variety of literary, cultural, and social texts from 1830 to 1900 in their broader cultural, artistic, philosophical, and political contexts. Beyond discussing the effects (both positive and negative) of the Industrial Revolution, discusses three other forms of revolution that emerge in nineteenth-century German discourse: 1) political revolution (the formation of German national identity; the rise of the socialist movement); 2) artistic revolution (the search for an artistic direction at the end of the Age of Goethe; the tensions between social realism and romanticism); 3) sexual revolution (scientific interest in �normal� vs. �abnormal� sexual behavior; the advent of the women�s movement and the questioning of gender roles). Authors/artists may include Heine, B�chner, Hebbel, Hauptmann, Andreas-Salom�, Fontane, Wagner, Marx & Engels, Bebel, Simmel, Kollwitz, Krafft-Ebing.
317. German Literature and Culture Since 1945
Helen Cafferty M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
An exploration of how successive generations have expressed their relationship to the catastrophe of the Nazi past. Examines representative texts of East and West German writers/filmmakers in Cold War and post-unification contexts. A discussion of �Germanness� and German identity from several perspectives, including Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit, the influence of the United States and the Soviet Union, the cultural significance of the American West and American popular culture, gender in the two Germanys, terrorism, and African-German and Turkish-German voices. Grass, B�ll, Wolf, M�ller, D�rrie, Fassbinder, Brussig, Ayim, Schlink, among others.

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