Courses
SEMESTER II, SPRING 2012
Primarily for Undergraduates
GRMN0110 Intensive Beginning German
Aminia Brueggemann
Students who wish to complete the GRMN 0100-0200 sequence in one semester may do so by enrolling in GRMN 0110 for two semester course credits. There are six hours per week in small drill sections conducted by fluent undergraduate teaching apprentices. Another three hours of class will be conducted by the faculty instructor. Students must register for both the lecture section and one conference
CRN 20954 S01 TuTh 9:00-10:20
CRN 20955 C01 MWF 1:00-1:50
CRN 20957 C02 MWF 1:00-2:50
GRMN0120 German for Reading
Katrin Dettmer
Intensive introduction to German grammar and syntax for students without prior knowledge of German. Primarily for graduate students but also open to undergraduates. The student who successfully completes this course will have the necessary foundation for reading German texts.
CRN 25926 S01 W 3:00-5:20
GRMN0200 Beginning German
Jane Sokolosky
A course in the language and cultures of German-speaking countries. Four hours per week plus regular computer and listening comprehension work. At the end of the year, students will be able to communicate successfully about everyday topics and participate in the annual film festival. This is the second half of a year-long course. Students must have taken GRMN 0100 to receive credit for this course. The final grade for this course will become the final grade for GRMN 0100. If GRMN 0100 was taken for credit then this course must be taken for credit; if taken as an audit, this course must also be taken as an audit. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by both the academic department and the Committee on Academic Standing.
CRN 20958 S01 MWF 11:00-11:50 & Tu 12:00-12:50
CRN 23821 S02 MWF 12:00-12:50 & Tu 12:00-12:50
CRN 26247 S03 MWF 1:00-1:50 & Tu 12:00-12:50
GRMN0400 Intermediate German
Jane Sokolosky
An intermediate German course that stresses improvement of the four language skills. Students read short stories and a novel; screen one film; maintain a blog in German. Topics include German art, history, and literature. Frequent writing assignments. Grammar review as needed. Four hours per week. Recommended prerequisite: GRMN 0300.
CRN 20961
S01 MWF10:00 - 10:50 & Th
12:00 - 12:50
CRN 20962 S02 MWF 2:00-2:50 & Th 12:00-12:50
GRMN0600C From Faust to Freud: Germany's Long 19th Century
Thomas Kniesche
In the 19th century, a fundamental renegotiation took place about what it means to be German. Literary, aesthetic, and philosophical disocurses played a decisive role in these deliberations on German identity. We will study seminal texts from these fields and discuss how they shaped German self-understanding in the 20th century and beyond. Readings by Goethe, Büchner, Stifer, Wagner, Nietzsche, Raabe, Fontane, George, Freud, among others. In German. Prerequsite: GRMN0500. LILE
CRN 26794 S01 MWF 9:00-9:50
GRMN1440O Modern German Drama
Carol Poore
Explores the fascinating modern German dramatic tradition from the 19th century to the present, emphasizing plays that are still a part of the stage repertory today and authors that have exerted a strong international influence. Authors may include: Büchner, Wedekind, Brecht, Toller, Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Weiss, Heiner Müller. In German. Recommended prerequisite: GRMN 0600 or permission.
CRN 26369 S01 TuTh 10:30-11:50
GRMN1660B Berlin: A City Strives for Reinvent Itself
Carol Poore
Contemporary Berlin buzzes with energy, yet this metropolis is characterized by the legacy of facism and divided by government. The city as cultural space will be interrogated in interdisciplinary ways. Topics range from Weimer culture and Nazi architecture to the Cold War and German reunification. In English with possible session for students who have completed GRMN0400 or higher.
CRN 26370 S01 TuTh 1:00-2:20
NEW COURSE
GRMN1661E Germany, Alcohol, and the Global Nineteenth Century (HIST 1930N)
Kevin Goldberg
This course examines the German "long nineteenth century" through the lens of the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. The cultural resonance of alcohol allows us to better situate Germany in an increasingly global context, where its exchange reflected broader patterns of modernization, social transformation, and nationalism. Whether brewing beer in Chinese Tsingtao, harvesting grapes in California's Napa Valley, or celebrating Purim with wine in Palestine, Germans engaged the nineteenth-century world through their own historical traditions and trades. Our endeavors will be aided by the remarkable "Alcohol and Addiction Studies" special collections at the John Hay Library.
CRN 27407 S01 MWF 12:00-12:50
GRMN1900E Made in Germany - A Cultural History of Science, Technology, and Engineering
Thomas Kniesche
In thie seminar, we will examine the German technological imagination in literature and film. The material to be studied reaches from nineteenth and early twentieth century German Science Fiction to the history of engineering giants such as Volkswagen or BMW and will also include philosophical reflections of technology, the role of German engineer as hero, and the image of the mad scientist. A field trip to Germany during Speing break is planned. In German. Prerequisite: GRMN0600. Enrollment limited to 20; first year students require an instructor override prior to registering.
CRN 26796 S01 W 3:00-5:20
SWED0400 Intermediate Swedish II
Ann Weinstein
Continuing Swedish
CRN 26322 S01 TuTh 4:00-5:20
COURSES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
NEW COURSE
GRMN2660I Torture in European Literature and Aesthetic Theory
Sven Kramer
Alongside the history of actual torture runs the history of representations of torture. Throughout the centuries, literature has worked through many of torture’s manifestations. Texts range from the biblical scenes of crucifixion and punishment in hell to modern forms of torture, for example in the context of Nazi- or Communist camps. Writers like E.T.A. Hoffmann, Octave Mirbeau, Franz Kafka, Jean Améry and Jean-Paul Sartre have reflected on torture. And aesthetic theory – traditionally concerned with the beautiful – has taken various stances towards the depiction of torture in the arts, ranging from Winckelmann and Lessing to Adorno and Elaine Scarry. Our graduate seminar will read and discuss a selection of literary and theoretical texts covering the period from the mid-18th century until today. In English.
CRN 27432 S01 Th 4:00-6:20
NEW COURSE
GRMN2660J Late Heidegger: Art, Poetry, Technology
(COLT 2650I)
Gerhard Richter
Familiarity with Martin Heidegger’s work is essential to any understanding of the central currents of modern thought. This graduate seminar will focus on key statements in some of the late Heidegger’s most influential essays and lectures, with a focus on the nexus of art, poetry, and technology as it inflects language, dwelling, and Being. While in his thinking of art and poetry his emphasis is on the work of Hölderlin, in his thinking of technology he regards the enframement (das Gestell) of technics as both completing and undoing Western metaphysics. For Heidegger, the essence of technology is not technological at all but instead requires a wholly different kind of questioning. Graduate students from a variety of fields are welcome.
CRN 27367 S01 M 3:00-5:20
Courses in German Studies Department (above 400)
GRMN 600: From Faust to Freud: Germany’s Long 19th Century (Kniesche, in German)
GRMN 1440O: Modern German Drama (Poore, in German)
GRMN 1660B: Berlin: A City Strives to Reinvent Itself (Poore, in English)
GRMN 1661E: Germany, Alcohol, and the Global Nineteenth Century (Goldberg, in English)
GRMN 1900E (Senior Seminar): Made in Germany: A Cultural History of Science, Technology, and Engineering (Kniesche, in German, includes possible trip to Germany, open to students who are not seniors by permission)
Courses offered in other departments (all in English)
English 1761Q-S01: Sebald and his Interlocutors (Bewes)
History 1977B-S01: Crises, Promises, Tragedies: The History of Weimar Germany, 1918-1933 (Timpe)
Music 0052: Beethoven (Josephson)
Music 1640E: Seminar in Opera Studies: Mozart’s Operas Then and Now (Josephson)
Philosophy 400: Marxism (Larmore)
Philosophy 1720: Kant: The Critique of Pure Reason (Dunlop)
Religious Studies 2600E: Seminar in Religion and Critical Thought: Hegel (Lewis)
