Courses
Spring 2007 Courses
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- 102. Elementary German II
- Jill Smith M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25 Sills-207
- Continuation of German 101. Equivalent of German 101 is required.
- 102. Elementary German II
- Jill Smith M 1:30 - 2:25, W 1:30 - 2:25, F 1:30 - 2:25 Sills-207
- Continuation of German 101. Equivalent of German 101 is required.
- 154. Laugh and Cry! Post-World War II German Film
- Helen Cafferty T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25 Sills-Smith Auditorium
- An examination of cinema in Germany after World War II. Critical reading of representative films from three major periods: the early postwar years, the era of New German Cinema, and the post-unification wave of German popular film. An exploration of how contrasting strategies of representation (e.g., mainstream comedy or realism, documentary, and experimental filmmaking) construct German history and the Nazi past; social criticism in East and West Germany; and national identity, gender, race, and sexuality. Filmmakers such as Wicki, Staudte, Käutner, Fassbinder, Herzog, Sanders-Brahms, Beyer, von Trotta, Sander, Wenders, Tykwer, Becker. No knowledge of German is required.
- 204. Intermediate German II
- Birgit Tautz M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25 Sills-111
- Continuation of German 203. Equivalent of German 203 is required.
- 204. Intermediate German II
- Birgit Tautz M 1:30 - 2:25, W 1:30 - 2:25, F 1:30 - 2:25 Sills-111
- Continuation of German 203. Equivalent of German 203 is required.
- 308. Introduction to German Literature and Culture
- Helen Cafferty T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25 Sills-107
- Designed to be an introduction to the critical reading of texts by genre (e.g., prose fiction and nonfiction, lyric poetry, drama, opera, film) in the context of German intellectual, political, and social history. Focuses on various themes and periods. Develops students' sensitivity to generic structures and introduces terminology for describing and analyzing texts in historical and cross-cultural contexts. Weekly individual sessions with the Teaching Fellow from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität-Mainz.
- 316. German Modernism
- Jill Smith M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25 Sills-207
- Texts by the following German-language modernists are read and analyzed in historical, social, and literary contexts: Kafka, Rilke, Musil, Thomas Mann, Brecht, and Keun. Discusses the extent to which these writers were influenced by Nietzschean, Marxian, and Freudian thought, how and why literary modernism is rooted in urban settings, what narrative modes are used to deal with the interiority of modernist protagonists, and how and why modernism became politicized during the Weimar Republic, as writers witnessed and sought to respond to the rise of Fascism. Relevant films and other contemporary artistic and musical works are considered throughout the semester.
- 398. Seminar in Aspects of German Literature and Culture
- Birgit Tautz M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55 Sills-107
- Work in a specific area of German literature not covered in other departmental courses, e.g., individual authors, literary movements, genres, cultural influences, and historical periods. This course may be repeated for credit with the contents changed.
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