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Department of German
Courses
101-102-103. Beginning German I, II, & III
Pronunciation and survey of grammar. Facility in speaking and
understanding spoken German is stressed. Readings emphasize literature
and contemporary life in the German-speaking countries.
205. Intermediate German
Review of grammar, with a greater emphasis on reading and writing.
Continued readings in simple literary texts. Prerequisite: GER 103.
301. Composition and Conversation I
Intensive written work designed to develop ability to write
German clearly; practice in speaking to develop ability to converse
fluently. Brief introduction to the history of German literature. Required
of all German majors. Prerequisite: GER 205. CONNELL
302. Composition and Conversation II
Continued practice in developing ability to write and speak
German clearly. Intensive work in reading German in various fields.
Brief introduction to the history of the German language. Required of
all German teaching majors. Prerequisite: GER 301. Alternate years (offered
2003-04). CONNELL
304. Business German
Introduction to the language used in German business as well
as an introduction to the German economy. Prerequisites: GER 301 and
ECB 101. Alternate years (offered 2002-2003). CONNELL
333. Goethe
Introduction to the man and his works, concentrating on Faust.
Offered every third year (next: 2003-2004). Prerequisite: GER 302 or
304. (Humanities) CONNELL
341. Romanticism
Survey of the German Romantic period, concentrating on Novalis
and Kleist. Supplementary readings in Romantic Criticism and the philosophy
of German idealism. Offered every third year (next 2002-03). Prerequisite:
GER 302 or 304. (Humanities) CONNELL
351. Modernism
Survey of major authors of the early 20th century, especially
Rilke, Thomas Mann, and Kafka, and their reactions to the modern world.
Offered every third year (next: 2004-2005). Prerequisite: GER 302 or
304. (Humanities) CONNELL
280/380. Internship. (see Index. Courses 280/380).
381. Gründerjahre
A survey of the decades immediately following the unification of
Germany under Bismarck in 1871. Readings and discussion of the history,
society, and literature of those years when Germany became a world
power, an industrialized country, and a militaristic society. Offered
every third year (next: 2003-04). Prerequisite: GER 302 or 304. (Humanities)
CONNELL
383. Weimar
A survey of the Weimar Republic, 1919-1933, when Germany struggled
to overcome its defeat in World War I. Readings and discussion of
its economic and political history, and the developments in society,
literature, and cinema. Analysis of Nazism's rise to power. Offered
every third year (offered 2002-03). Prerequisite: GER 302 or 304.
(Humanities) CONNELL
385. Die Trümmerjahre
A survey of Germany 1945-1963, when the two German successor states,
and Austria, struggled with the legacy of the Third Reich. Readings
and discussions of the development of East and West Germany and their
political and economic incorporation into the Soviet and Western blocs.
The peculiar neutrality of Austria. The Wirtschaftswunder in
West Germany and Austria, and its pale reflection in East Germany.
Offered every third year (next: 2004-05). Prerequisite: GER 302 or
304. (Humanities) CONNELL
390. Individual Project (see Index. Courses 290/390).
485. Senior Tutorial
Similar to an Oxbridge tutorial, in which one paper per week
on an assigned topic is prepared, then read aloud, criticized, and discussed.
Prerequisite: four 300-level German courses. CONNELL
511. German Reading and Conversation Group (.25)
Maintenance of German language skills through reading and
conversation. Six meeting per term, with all student work done during
the meetings. Prerequisite: GER 102. (CR) CONNELL
990. Term, Semester, or Year in Germany
(see Index. FLAP).
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