GERM V 1101x and y Elementary Full-Year Course I

Fundamentals of German grammar, comprehension of the spoken language, reading, writing, and speaking. Intensive aural-oral practice.
4 points No credit is given for V1101 unless V1102 has been satisfactorily completed.

GERM V 1102x and y Elementary Course II

Similar to Elementary Course I, but different course material.
4 points No credit is given for V1101 unless V1102 has been satisfactorily completed.

GERM V 1201x and y Intermediate Course I

Complete grammar review through regular exercises. Wide range of texts are used for close and rapid reading and writing exercises. Practice in conversation aims at enlarging the vocabulary necessary for daily communication.
Prerequisites: GERM V1102 or the equivalent.
4 points

GERM V 1202x and y Intermediate Course II

Language study based on texts concerning culture and literature. Assignments include compositions in German and exercises of grammatical forms, both related to the texts. Class discussions in German provide oral and aural practice.
Prerequisites: GERM V1201 or the equivalent.
4 points

GERM V 1225y Accelerated Intermediate German I, II

Accelerated language study as preparation for Study Abroad in Berlin.

GERM V 3001x Advanced German: Berlin

Intensive practice in oral and written German. Discussions, oral reports, and weekly written assignments, based on material of topical and stylistic variety taken from the German press and from literary sources.
Corequisites: Course either taken before or after GERM V3002.
2 points

GERM V 3002y Advanced German II: Vienna

Intensive practice in oral and written German. Discussions, oral reports, and weekly written assignments, based on material of topical and stylistic variety taken from German press and from literary sourses.
Corequisites: Course either taken before or after GERM V3001.
3 points

GERM BC 3009x News and Views: Reception, Reporting, and Video Production

Advanced students practice and perfect their speaking, writing, and comprehension skills by viewing and analyzing German-language TV broadcasts-news and documentaries-and by researching, writing, producing, and filming their own video programs.
Not offered in 2009-2010.
3 points

GERM BC 3010x Current Issues: Media and Politics in Germany and Austria

Advanced students improve language skills through exploration of political, cultural and intellectual debates and self perceptions in Germany and Austria. Discussion and analysis of print media, Internet, film and T.V.
Prerequisites: GERM V1202 or equivalent. Not offered in 2009-2010.
3 points

GERM BC 3012x In Love with Telenovelas

Examines popular culture and language through a German TV series. Advanced students practice and perfect their language skills by examining typical features and intercultural aspects of a German telenovela. Focus on main elements of genre, language, cultural context by comparing different versions.

GERM BC 3028y Contemporary German Prose Fiction

Study of short prose texts and recent literary developments. Discussions of aspects such as: memory and Germany identity; fantasy and storytelling; borderlands and Berlin in contemporary literature. Readings include works by major writers and younger generations, from Grass and Christa Wolf to Biller, Honigmann, Johnson, Schneider, and Sebald.

GERM BC 3031x Major German Poets

Survey of major poets in the German language from classicism to modernism and postmodernism, paying attention to the transition from traditional verse to avant garde forms. Readings from Goethe, Heine, Rilke, Celan, Bachmann. Relevant areas of literary theory will be included.

GERM BC 3050x German Migrant Literature

Examination of migration and the nomadic experience in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis on the comprehension and construction of the "other" culture by travelers and migrants in fictional texts; and on questions of orientalism, colonialism, and multiculturalism. Texts by Chamisso, Heine, Seghers, Th. Mann, Ören, Atabay, Deleuze, Said, and Sassen.

GERM BC 3057y Close-ups: German Literature and Photography

Discusses the profound influence of photography on modern literature and intellectual debates in the 20th century. Emphasis on creative and critical responses to documentary and aesthetic traditions of this visual medium. Foci are photographic evidence, montage, memory, sensationalism. Authors/Photographers: Benjamin, Rilke, Th. Mann, Tucholsky, Chr. Wolf, Sebald, Sander, Blossfeldt.

GERM BC 3062y Senior Essay: Literature or German Studies

Supervised research into German literatures and cultures culminating in a critical paper. Regular consultations with the instructor at hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Open to senior majors. Permission of instructor required.
3 points

GERM BC 3225x Germany's Traveling Cultures

Examines accounts of traveling or living in South America, Africa, and Germany from a postcolonial and transnational perspective. Discussion of German explorers, colonialism, global tourism, multiculturalism, focusing on the relationship between mobility and the formation of African, Jewish, Turkish bicultural identities in different historical contexts and geographical settings. Close attention to the role of language, ideology, and itinerary in visual, aural, and written records by A.v.Humboldt, Merian, J. Baker, Massaquoi, Wackwitz, Oezdamar, Akin.

GERM BC 3233x or y From Decadence to Dada

Examines the transition from Viennese Modernism to Expressionism and Dada. Topics include the emergence of the modern psyche, the play of word and image, and the relationship between ecstatic experience and social unrest. Texts by Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Döblin, Kafka, Freud, and Salome. Film and montage by Richter, Höch, and Hausmann. The same course as BC3232 (in English), with weekly discussion sections for majors.
General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT). Not offered in 2009-2010.
4 points

GERM BC 3215x From Text to Screen: German Literature and Film

Survey of screen adaptations of literary texts beginning with Weimar cinema and proceeding through to the present with a particular focus on cinematic modes of narration, spectatorship, and visual pleasure, as well as on the role of institutional frameworks. Readings in neo-Marxist, psychoanalytic and semiotic film theory. Texts by Wedekind, Fontane, H. Mann, and Musil and films by Pabst, Fassbinder, Wenders, and Trotta. [In English, extra sessions for German majors.]
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or the equivalent or permission of the instructor. Not offered in 2009-2010.
3 points

GERM BC 3224x Germany's Traveling Cultures

Examines accounts of traveling or living in South America, Africa, and Germany from a postcolonial and transnational perspective. Discussion of German explorers, colonialism, global tourism, multiculturalism, focusing on the relationship between mobility and the formation of African, Jewish, Turkish bicultural identities in different historical contexts and geographical settings. Close attention to the role of language, ideology, and itinerary in visual, aural, and written records by A.v.Humboldt, Merian, J. Baker, Massaquoi, Wackwitz, Oezdamar, Akin. [In English]

GERM BC 3232x or y From Decadence to Dada

Examines the transition from Viennese Modernism to Expressionism and Dada. Topics include: the emergence of the modern psyche, the play of word and image, and the relationship between ecstatic experience and social unrest. Texts by Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, Döblin, Kafka, Freud, and Salomé. Film and montage by Hannah Höch, and others. [In English.]
General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Literature (LIT). Not offered in 2009-2010.
3 points