German Courses

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GRMN 101 (4)
Elementary German I
For beginners. Four class periods and two laboratory periods per week.

GRMN 102 (4)
Elementary German II
A continuation of GRMN 001. Four class periods and two laboratory periods per week.

GRMN 201 (4)
Intermediate German I
Formal study and practice in speaking, reading, writing and understanding German. Regular laboratory attendance is required.

GRMN 202 (4)
Intermediate German II
A continuation of GRMN 201. Formal study and practice in speaking, reading, writing and understanding German. Regular laboratory attendance is required. V3

GRMN 205 (3)
Introduction to German Literature
A study based on readings and discussions of various representative works, chosen from various periods and genres (poetry, drama and prose). Student participation in discussion and practice in written and oral expression will be emphasized. Offered alternate years. V2, V

GRMN 225 (3)
Readings in Modern German Literature I
Selected readings from literature of the period between 1890 and 1933. Authors included are Kafka, Mann, Rilke, George Trakl, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Heym and Benn. Emphasis on the novelle and lyric poetry. Offered alternate years. IIIW, V2,V

GRMN 226 (3)
Readings in Modern German Literature II
German literature after 1945. Works of writers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Offered alternate years. IIIW, V2,V

GRMN 231 (3)
German Conversation and Composition
Practice in written and oral expression with disucssions and essays based on contemporary topics and literary selections. Offered alternate years. IIIO, IIIW,V

GRMN 251 (3)
Introduction to German Culture I
A study of various historical, cultural, political, literary and social trends in the German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages until 1900. Offered alternate years. IIIO, V1,V

GRMN 252 (3)
Introduction to German Culture II
A study of various historical, cultural, political, literary and social trends in the German-speaking countries after 1900. Included will be a study of German Nationalism, the "volkisch movement," National Socialism, life in the post-war divided country and the German reunification. Offered alternate years. IIIO, V1,V

GRMN 254 (3)
German Culture through German Films
In this course students will view and discuss both older and more recent German films. Emphasis will be placed on the image these films portray of German society during the Weimar Period, the time of National Socialism, life in East and West Germany during the Cold War and Germany since the reunification. This course is taught in English with a special discussion session in German. May be counted towards the majors in German and German studies or minor in German for those who elect the German discussion session and do all written work in German. May be counted towards the minor in film studies. Offered alternate years. V1, V6

GRMN 261 (1)
Directed Study
Selected topics pursued by individual students or small groups of students under the supervision of a member of the department.

GRMN 311 (3)
History and Structure of the German Language
Through the reading of sample texts derived from the whole of German literary history, from the present back to the Old High German of the early 9th century, this course will investigate patterns of historical development and impart the skills to describe them systematically, creating, in effect, rather than just learning of, a descriptive history of the development of the German language. Offered alternate years.

GRMN 322 (3)
German Literature Before 1700
A study of trends in literature in relation to the social, historical and religious conditions in Germany from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Offered alternate years. V2

GRMN 351 (3)
The Age of Goethe I: German Classicism and Its Precursors
A study of the Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Early Classicism. Readings from Lessing, Wieland, Lichtenberg, Lenz, Klinger, Goethe and Schiller. Offered alternate years. V2

GRMN 352 (3)
The Age of Goethe II: Later Classicism and Romanticism
Selections from the later works of Goethe and Schiller, the works of Tieck, Novalis, Brentano, Arnim, Arndt, Eichendorf, the Schlegels, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Chamisso, Kleist, Holderlin and others. V2

GRMN 361 (1)
Special Study
Special topics pursued under supervision.

GRMN 371 (3)
German Literature of the 19th Century
Selections from the writers of Jungdeutschland, Grabbe, Lenau, Morike, Droste-Hulshoff, Hebbel, Grillparzer, Nestroy, Stifter, C.F. Meyer, Keller and Fontane. Offered alternate years.

GRMN 372 (3)
The German Novelle
A study of the Novelle as a genre from the 18th to the 20th century. Offered alternate years. V2

GRMN 377 (1)
Internship

GRMN 384 (3)
The Modern German Drama
The course will start with Naturalism and move through Expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, post-war and present-day theatre. Emphasis will be placed on the development of dramatic theories, dramatic styles and staging as well as on the analysis of individual works. Selected plays by such dramatists as Gerhart Hauptmann, Frank Wedekind, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Ernst Toller, Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Durrenmatt, and Max Frisch. Offered alternate years. IIIW, V2,V6

GRMN 452 (3)
Senior Seminar
Required of all seniors majoring in German. IIIO, III

GRMN 461 (1)
Independent Study
Special topics pursued by individual students under supervision.