Courses
SEMESTER I, FALL 2009
Primarily for Undergraduates
GRMN0100- 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 semester, students will be able to communicate successfully about everyday topics.
This is the first half of a year-long course whose first semester grade is normally a temporary one. Neither semester may be elected independently without special written permission. The final grade submitted at the end of the course work in GRMN 0200 covers the entire year and is recorded as the final grade for both semesters.
11293 S01 D hr (M, W, F 11:00-11:50) + Tu 12:00-12:50 Hope 102
11295 S02 E hr (M, W, F 12:00-12:50) + Tu 12:00-12:50 Hope 203
11297 S03 F hr (M, W, F 1:00-1:50) + Tu 12:00-12:50 JWW 302
GRMN0300- Intermediate German
Jane Sokolosky
Focuses on deepening students' understanding of modern German culture by reading texts and viewing films pertinent to Germany today. Intended to provide a thorough review of German grammar and help students develop their writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills. Frequent writing assignments and computer-aided assignments. Four hours per week.
11305 S01 C hr (M, W, F 10:00-10:50) Hope 102 +
Th 12:00-12:50 Hope 203
11307 S02 G hr (M, W, F 2:00-2:50) + Th 12:00-12:50 JWW 302
GRMN0500C- Germans and Identity, Before and After Unification
Roberto Simanowski
The year 1990 unifies Germany and divides two decades in German history. The course investigates the depiction of national and personal identity during this time. We will examine both East and West German literature and film of the 1980s and 1990s. Oral and written skills in German are furthered while deepening participants' understanding of Germany's cultural and social situation. Prerequisite GRMN 0400. Click HERE to view course website.
15597 C hr (M, W, F 10:00-10:50) Rock B6
CANCELLED: GRMN0500E- The Presence of the Past: German Literature and Film (1945-present day)
GMRN0750A- Faust & the Faust Legend
Katherine Goodman
First year seminar. Variations on the Faust theme focus on the role of knowledge in modern society. How do we define what we know? How do we accommodate knowledge with belief? What are the limits of human knowledge and can they satisfy us? Texts from the Reformation to the present: Marlowe, Calderon, Goethe, Turgenev, Lunacharski, Mann, Valery, Bulgakov, Kerouac, Havel. In English.
15127 S01 J hr. (T, Th 1:00-2:20) JWW 302
GRMN1090- Advanced Written and Spoken German
Zachary Sng
Designed to increase the range, fluency, and accuracy of idiomatic expression through written and oral practice. Students shall acquire familiarity with various textual styles and genres, and reproduce these styles and genres in their own written and oral work. Proficiency level GRMN 0600.
11313 Sec. 01 D hr. (M, W, F 11:00-11:50) JWW 502
CANCELLED: GRMN1320G- Drama and Religion
Katherine Goodman
GRMN1330A- The Individual in the Age of Industry
Roberto Simanowski
This seminar discusses the second part of the 19th century, which is distinguished by nation building, industrial revolution, advance of science, realism and belief in progress but also nihilism and cultural pessimism. We investigate how the new age of pragmatism and the “technological sublime” is reflected in short stories by major German writers such as Adalbert Stifter, Karl Gutzkow, Theodor Storm, Gottfried Keller, Wilhelm Raabe, Theodor Fontane, Arno Holz and Gerhart Hauptmann. The portrayed conflict between individualism and industrial revolution in Germany is finally compared with the situation in the US as symbolized by the encroaching railroad in Sergio Leone’s Western “Once Upon a Time in the West.” In German. No prerequisites. Click HERE to view course website.
15598 F hr. (M,W,F 1:00-1:50) Wilson 206
CANCELLED: GRMN 1440N - Kunstmaerchen: the Literary Fairytale in the Nineteenth Century
GRMN1660B- Studies in German Culture: Berlin: A City Strives to Reinvent Itself
Carol Poore
Contemporary Berlin buzzes with energy, yet this metropolis is characterized by the legacy of fascism and divided government. The city as cultural space will be explored in interdisciplinary ways. Topics range from Weimar culture and Nazi architecture to the Cold War and German reunification. In English with possible extra session for students who have completed GRMN 0400 or higher.
15129 S01 I hr. (T, Th 10:30-11:50) Hope 102
Primarily for Graduates
GRMN2460C- Literature of the German Democratic Republic
Carol Poore
Against the background of the history of socialism in Germany, an intensive study of GDR authors and East German authors since reunification, with opportunities to explore other areas such as film and art. Authors may include: Brecht, Müller, C. Wolf, Reimann, Hein, Braun, Tellkamp. Reading in German, discussion in English or German.
15132 S01 M hr. (M 3:00-5:20) Hope 104
GRMN2330A- Vision and Narration in the Nineteenth Century
Zachary Sng
Explores the relationship between vision and techniques of linguistic representation in selected literary texts from late romanticism to the fin-de-siecle. Special attention will be paid to the idea of “realistic” representation and to problems that afflict both seeing and speaking in the texts. Authors include Kleist, Stifter, Storm, Keller, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, and Musil. Readings in German, discussions in English. Open to seniors with instructor’s permission.
15131 S01 N hr (W 3:00-5:20) Hope 103
Courses For Concentration in Other Departments
COLT 1210 - Introduction to the Theory of Literature (S. Bernstein)
COLT 1810V - Marx and Modern Literature (E. Ahearn)
JUDS 1981B - Debating Secularization and its Theories (M. Gottsegen)
MCM 1502U - Media and Memory: Representing the Holocaust (L. Joyrich)
MCM 2100G - Freud and Lacan (M. Doane)
MUSC 0021C - Bach (L. Jodry)
SOC 1010 - Classical Sociological Theory (N. Chorev)
