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GER 102 A Beginning German II

Thomas Wild

M T W Th .

10:10am - 11:10am

OLINLC 115

FLLC

The continuation of GER 101, this course lays a foundation for proficiency in oral and written communication. Class time is devoted to interactive tasks that develop communicative competence. The emphasis falls on oral production, strategies for understanding oral and written discourse, vocabulary acquisition, and on expressing your ideas in writing. Readings and audiovisual materials convey what life is like in the German-speaking countries today.

Class size: 18

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GER 102 B Beginning German II

Franz Kempf

. T W Th F

8:50 am -9:50 am

OLINLC 120

FLLC

See above. Class size: 18

11435

GER 102 C Beginning German II

Stephanie Kufner

. T W Th F

12:15 pm -1:15 pm

OLINLC 210

FLLC

See above. Class size: 18

11368

LIT 2194 Berlin: A Pathway to Understanding Contemporary Europe

Thomas Wild

. T . Th . M . . . .

3:10 pm -4:30 pm 6:00 pm -9:00 pm

OLIN 203 PRE 110

ELIT

See Literature section for description.

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GER 320 Modern German Prose

Franz Kempf

. . W . F

11:50 am -1:10 pm

OLINLC 120

FLLC

A survey of great works of mainly twentieth-century prose, including Novellen, Erzhlungen, parables and other short forms. Detailed literary analysis will be combined with the discussion of the social, political and historical contexts of each work and interspersed with frequent creative writing assigments. Readings to include E.T.A. Hoffmann, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, Thomas Mann, Robert Walser, Heinrich von Kleist, Walter Benjamin, Ingeborg Bachmann, Max Frisch, Friedrich Drrenmatt, Ilse Aichinger, Peter Handke, Thomas Bernhard, Jenny Erpenbeck, Yoko Tawada and others. Conducted in German. Class size: 15

11340

GER 421 The Experience of the Foreign in German Literature

Franz Kempf

. T . Th .

11:50 am -1:10 pm

OLIN 304

FLLC

This course will examine representations of foreignness in modern German literature and opera (e.g., Lessing, Mozart, Novalis, Heine, Kafka, Frisch), in contemporary films (Hark Bohm, R.W. Fassbinder, Fatih Akin), and in works of nonnative Germans writing in Germany today (Yoko Tawada, Aras ren, Emine Sevgi zdamar, Rafik Schami).  Attempting to combine aesthetic appreciation with cultural critique, the course will focus on issues such as multiculturalism, homogeneity, and xenophobia.  Its goal is to enable students to approach cultural difference, in Claire Kramsch's words, "in a spirit of ethnographic inquiry rather than in a normative or judgmental way." Conducted in German. Class size: 15