GERMAN 341      Survey Of German Film 1920-1980
Introduces students to the important contributions of German films to the development of movies as a unique literary art form. The class will cover important terms and concepts in film theory, the specifically German context of film, and important themes and periods in German film history. Taught in English with subtitled films.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 342      Contemporary German Film 1980-
This course will introduce students to the important role film has played in the public discourse about German society immediately prior to reunification in the 1980's and during the turbulent social adjustments in unified Germany after 1990. Lectures and readings in the first week will cover important terms and concepts in film theory as well as provide background for the specific German context of film history. The class will treat film in the 1980's in terms of continuations of and liberations from the New German Cinema of the 1970's in West Germany, and in the context of state censorship and sponsorship of film in East Germany. We will approach movies from the 1990s and 2000's by accessing their depiction of historical and contemporary Germany throught the lens of reunification, and we will examine issues of German identity especially as contextualized by reunification and multiculturalism. The course will be taught in English with subtitled films. Prerequisite: GERMAN 315 for German majors/minors
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 345      The Antifascist Tradition In Germany
This course examines the political and cultural roots of German fascism. It then discusses varieties of resistance to fascism as exemplified in works of fiction, drama, poetry and auto-biography, as well as in music and the visual arts.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 360      Ingolstadt Study Abroad
Academic support and inquiry for GERMAN 361, Ingolstadt Internship. Provides cultural and language training as well as extended research into specific field of service learning internship during 4-week stay in the German city of Ingolstadt. Prerequisite: GERMAN 221 or equivalent. Restrictions: Must be taken with GERMAN 361. Only 2 students are guaranteed participation per summer. Offered: Summer semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 361      Ingolstadt Practicum and Internship
Students will choose a service learning assignment from available internships during 4-week stay in the German city of Ingolstadt. Progress checks and support provided for in GERMAN 360, Ingolstadt Study Abroad. Students will also turn in a portfolio and/or journal and final report about their activities in German to the program director. Prerequisite: GERMAN 221 or equivalent. Restrictions: Must be taken with GERMAN 360. Only 2 students per summer are guaranteed participation. Offered: Summer semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 400      Rainer Maria Rilke
The course examines the works of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke, emphasizing close readings of texts in their historical, cultural, biographical and psychological contexts. It examines Rilke both as a representative of his epoch, and as the poet who revolutionized German poetic language.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 401      Bertolt Brecht
Covers major works by Brecht in their social and historical context. May focus on a specific genre or survey parts or all of Brecht's career. Discussions and readings in German. Prerequisite: GERMAN 315 or instructor's permission. Offered: On Demand
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 410      Music in German Culture
This course examines the role of music in German national self-definition from late 18th century to the present. The political and ideological role of music will be examined from 1789 to National Socialism, the GDR and reunification, including the gendering of music as feminine in Romanticism, and modernism. Music as it relates to the public and private, as well as collective and individual experiences will also be explored. Different genres and media will be discussed, from opera, art song, and cabaret to ballads and film; literary works thematizing music will be read. Prerequisites: German 315 or instructor's permission
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 411      Romanticism
Main currents and authors from the Romantic school, 1780-1820.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 412      The German Novelle
An examination of representative novellen of the 19th and 20th centuries. Special emphasis on the study of form.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 414      German Lyric Poetry
Lyric poetry from its beginnings to the present. Emphasis on 19th and 20th centuries.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 415      Advanced Conversation And Composition I
Practice in speaking and writing German, with attention to the elements of style. Continued in GERMAN 425. First semester required of all majors and second semester recommended. Both semesters required of prospective high school teachers. Either or both semesters may be repeated with the consent of the instructor and the German section head. No more than six hours credit may be applied towards a degree. Prerequisite: GERMAN 325.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 421      19Th-Century Drama
Kleist through Hauptmann.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 422      Contemporary Drama
This course will provide students with a survey of the most important dramatic movements of the 20th century. It will proceed chronologically through Expressionism, the Brechtian theatre of alienation, documentary theater and post-modernist theater. Prerequisite: GERMAN 221
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 425      Advanced Conversation And Composition II
Continuation of GERMAN 415. See GERMAN 415. Required for teacher certification in German. Prerequisite: GERMAN 415.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 426      20Th-Century German Literature
Selected readings from Neo-Romanticism to the present. On demand.
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 453      Women's Voices In Germany And Austria
The course focuses on the role of women in German and Austrian society from the Roman era to the present, primarily through the examination of literary texts by women. Prerequisite: GERMAN 221
Credits: 3 hours
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GERMAN 480      Special Topics
Each time this course is offered a particular author, genre or area of literature will be treated. Topics will be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Offered: On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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GERMAN 490      Special Readings
Intensive readings in a field or literary figure to be selected by the student in consultation with the instructor. Available by permission only to advanced students of German; available only when student cannot take regularly scheduled courses. Prerequisite: 3.0 GPA. On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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GERMAN 499      Senior Seminar (Capstone)
Required for major. Covers seminal works of German literature in their historical and cultural context. Course content varies, but will include such elements as geography, politics, folklore, history of the language, architecture, art and music. To be taken during final Winter Semester of residence. Prerequisite: 21 hours beyond first year.
Credits: 3 hours
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