German Courses [121-179]

[001-120] [121-179]

GERM 121. Contrasts in German and American Cultures. 3 crs. Explores the links between German and American cultures, emphasizing how the German past has shaped American educational, political and artistic institutions. No prerequisites. Open to all students.

GERM 125. Oral Proficiency I. 3 crs. Designed to strengthen the student’s oral command of the German language. Prerequisite: GERM 003. 

GERM 126. Oral Proficiency II. 3 crs. Continuation of GERM 125. Prerequisite: GERM 125.

GERM 127. Written Proficiency I. 3 crs. Practical exercise in the writing of German expository prose. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 128. Written Proficiency II. 3 crs. Continuation of GERM 127. Prerequisite: GERM 127.

GERM 130. Introduction to Literary Studies. 3 crs. Guides students through the secondary works (literary histories, periodicals and bibliographies), methodological approaches of the basic schools of literary critics and literary genres. For majors and minors. Prerequisite: GERM 004.

GERM 131. Survey of German Language. 3 crs. Diachronic and synchronic survey of the German language from Gothic to New High German. Prerequisite: GERM 127.

GERM 140. Introduction to German Literature. 3 crs. Designed to acquaint the student with the major authors and literary movements from the 18th century to the present. Prerequisite: GERM 004.

GERM 145. German Culture. 3 crs. Survey of German culture from Martin Luther to 1815. Divisional Studies B. Open to all students.

GERM 146. German Culture. 3 crs. Survey of German culture from 1815 to 1945. Divisional Studies B. Open to all students.

GERM 147. Contemporary Germany. 3 crs. Deals with the historical, economic, political, educational and artistic factors which bind as well as divide the former Federal Republic of Germany and the former German Democratic Republic. No prerequisites. Open to all students.

GERM 151. German Literature of the Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang. 3 crs. Survey of major German writers and thinkers of the 18th century. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 152. German Literature of Classicism and Romanticism. 3 crs. Survey of German literature of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 153. German Literature From Biedermeier to Realism. 3 crs. Survey of the major writers and literary movements of the period 1820-1890. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 154. German Literature From Naturalism to Expressionism. 3 crs. Survey of the movements of Naturalism, Symbolism and New Romanticism, tracing the development to the emergence of Expressionism and its continuation. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 155. German Literature After 1945. 3 crs. Comprehensive survey of German literature from 1945 to the present. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 160. German Drama. 3 crs. A survey of the theory and practice of works written for the German stage from Lessing to the present. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 161. German Novel. 3 crs. The study of the structure of the novel from the Baroque to the present, as exemplified in representative works. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 162. German Lyric Poetry. 3 crs. Traces the changes of the poetic idiom of German poetry from Klopstock to the present. The change in the basic assumptions about nature and the role of poetry is discussed as exemplified by representative texts. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 163. The German Novella. 3 crs. The theory and development of this short narrative form from the age of Goethe to the 20th century. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 170. Goethe. 3 crs. Survey of the major works of Goethe. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 171. Schiller. 3 crs. Survey of the major works of Schiller. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 172. Heinrich Kleist. 3 crs. Survey of the major works of Kleist. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 173. Heinrich Heine, 3 crs. An examination of Heine’s work as a poet, an essayist, and a polemicist. Prerequisite: GERM 140. 

GERM 174. Fontane. 3 crs. Survey of the major works of Fontane. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 175. Rilke. 3 crs. A general introduction to Rilke’s poetry and prose with special emphasis on his early plays and his development from Buch der Bilder to Die Sonette an Orpheus Prerequisite: GERM 140. 

GERM 176. Kafka. 3 crs. A survey of the major works of Kafka. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 177. Brecht. 3 crs. In-depth analysis of the works of this major dramatist and poet of the 20th century. Prerequisite: GERM 140.

GERM 178. German Folklore, 3 crs. In-depth analysis of the rich heritage of German folklore. Prerequisite GERM 140.

GERM 179. Proseminar: Negritude and Germany. 3 crs. Focuses on the reception of AFRO American, African and Caribbean authors in Germany, as well as the German influence on some of their works. Reading knowledge of German and French required.