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12048 |
GER 202
Intermediate
German II |
Thomas Wild |
T W Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
OLINLC 206 |
FL |
FLLC |
For students who have completed
three semesters of college German (or the equivalent). The course is designed to
deepen the proficiency gained in the German Intensive and the January program
in Berlin by increasing students’ fluency in speaking, reading, and writing,
and adding significantly to their working vocabulary. Students improve their
ability to express their own ideas and hone their strategies for understanding
spoken and written communication. Selected 20th-century literary texts and audiovisual
materials, including a contemporary award-winning novel by Barbara Honigmann.
Please consult with the instructor if you are unsure about your proficiency
level.
Class
size: 16
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12047 |
GER 320
Modern German
Short Prose |
Franz Kempf |
T Th 10:10 am-11:30 am |
OLIN 304 |
FL |
FLLC |
A
survey of great works of mainly twentieth-century prose, including Novellen, Erzählungen, 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 Dürrenmatt, Ilse Aichinger, Peter
Handke, Thomas Bernhard, Jenny Erpenbeck,
Yoko Tawada and others. Conducted
in German.
Class
size: 12
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12046 |
GER 408
Heinrich
Heine |
Franz Kempf |
T Th 1:30 pm-2:50 pm |
OLIN 303 |
FL |
FLLC |
For Nietzsche, Heine was "the
highest conception of the lyric poet. I seek in vain . . . for an equally sweet
and passionate music. He possessed that divine malice without which I cannot
conceive of perfection." Acquiring an appreciation of both the music and
the malice of Heine’s artistry is the primary goal of the seminar. Close
reading of the collected poems and selected prose works (e.g,
Travel Sketches, political
journalism, On the History of Religion
and Philosophy in Germany). Significant attention will be paid to the
cultural and political contexts of his works, with readings drawn from Marx,
Hegel, Feuerbach, and Madame de Staël, as well as
consideration of works in music, Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe and Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. Conducted in German.
Class
size: 12
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12479 |
LIT 284
On Friendship |
Thomas Wild |
T Th 3:10 pm-4:30 pm |
OLIN 205 |
LA |
Cross-listed:
German
Studies; Philosophy; Political Studies Class size: 22
|
12432 |
PHIL 341 Philosophy of
Sigmund Freud |
Ruth Zisman
|
T 10:10 am-12:30 pm |
OLIN 305 |
MBV |
HUM |
Cross-listed:
German
Studies Class size: 15