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583 Methods of Teaching German
Introduction to varied methods of teaching a foreign language based on recent developments in the theory of second language acquisition and proficiency-oriented approaches to language learning. Prerequisite: advanced proficiency in German.

584 The German Language (2nd sem)
The origins and history of the German language, its relation to the Indo-European language family, particularly in relation to English. Prerequisite: German 240 or equivalent.

585 Structure of German
The course is an introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern German intended for all students of German. Conducted in English.

597C Film and Fascism

597D Documentary Film

597F History of German Film
A survey of key events and representative films that mark the history of motion pictures from 1895-1950--from the silents to television. Through analysis of major works of the international cinema, the course will explore the various influences (industrial, technological, aesthetic, social, cultural, and political) that made film the dominant medium of the 20th century. Particular emphasis will be placed on the dominance of "Hollywood" and international contributions/alternatives/challenges to that dominance. Conducted in English.

597R Romanticism

601 Middle High German
Introduction to the grammar of Middle High German; reading of selected Middle High German texts.

620 Advanced Composition and Translation
Recommended to all degree candidates except those students judged to have excellent proficiency.

677 Methodology
Introduction to tools and methods of research.

697 Special Topics
1-3 credits

697D Minority Integration: Scandinavian Experience in Film and Literature

697F DEFA Films

697G After the War/After the Wall: European Historical Identities

697I Brecht and World Cinema

697K Modern German History

697M Architecture and Aesthetics

697S Nordic Culture

697SV Schrift und Volk: Literature and the Nation in 19th-Century Germany
This course explores German literature in the age of modern nationalism, investigating intersections of culture and ideology while we read key works by Berthold Auerbach, Theodor Fontane, Georg Foster, Goethe, Heine, Hölderlin, Kleist and others.

702 Old High German
Grammar and reading of prose and poetry; an introduction to Old High German dialects.

703 Gothic
Grammar and reading of texts, consideration of historical importance of Ulfilas' biblical translation.

704 Old Norse
Grammar and reading of selections from the Icelandic sagas.

705 Old Saxon
Grammar and reading of selections from the Heliand.

715 The Heroic Epic
Detailed study of Nibelungenlied and Kudrun. Prerequisite: German 601.

716 Courtly Lyric Poetry
Introduction to formal study of Minnesang and Spruchdichtung from the Kürenberger to Konrad von Würzburg with emphasis on Walter von der Vogelweide and social and historical context of the period. Prerequisite: German 601.

717 The Courtly Epic
Comprehensive literary analysis of selected epics by Hartmann von Aue, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Gottfried von Strassburg. Prerequisite: German 601.

718 Narrative and Didactic MHG Literature
Didactic narrative from 11th to 13th century. Prerequisite: German 601.

730 Literature of the 15th and 16th Centuries
Humanism and Reformation.

733 17th-Century Poetry and Prose
Poetry and prose; relevant poetic theories.

734 17th-Century Drama
Drama and relevant poetic theories.

741 From Enlightenment to Rococo
Literary theory and practice in first half of 18th century.

742 Lessing
His literary theory in context of his time; his drama.

743 From Empfindsamkeit to Storm and Stress

749 The Classical Goethe
Major works of Goethe's Weimar period; poetry, drama, fiction.

751 Goethe's Faust

752 Schiller
Schiller's literary and philosophical works.

758 Early Romanticism
Philosophical background and literary works of early Romantic movement.

759 Later Romanticism
Later development of Romanticism from Brentano to Heine, including anti-Romantic tendencies of the time. Eichendorff.

763 19th-Century Poetry and Prose
Poetry by writers such as Heinrich Heine, Eduard Mörike, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and prose by writers such as Heinrich Heine and the writers of Biedermeier and Das Junge Deutschland.

764 19th-Century Drama
Kleist, Grillparzer, Büchner, Grabbe, Hebbel.

765 Literature of Realism
From Gotthelf to Fontane.

771 20th-Century Poetry I
Emphasis on George, Hofmannsthal, Rilke.

772 20th-Century Poetry II
Emphasis on expressionist and post-expressionist poetry.

773 20th-Century Prose I
Early Thomas Mann and his generation.

774 20th-Century Prose II
New trends of fiction after the First World War.

775 20th-Century Drama
From Wedekind to Handke.

779 Post-World War II Literature

782 Special Topics in Philology and Medieval Studies

783 Special Topics in the Literature of Classicism

784 Special Topics in the Literature of Romanticism

785 Special Topics in the Literature of the 19th Century

786 Special Topics in the Literature of the 20th Century

793B Society, Form, Culture

793C German Studies-Cultural Studies

797 Special Topics
1-3 credits

797E Migrant Literature

797L German Social Theory from Marx and Marcuse

797G 18th-Century Drama

797R Race Theory

850 The Later Goethe

878 Structure and History of German Verse

887 History of Aesthetic Theories in Germany
General trends in the history of aesthetics. Discussion of major works since Opitz.

888 History and Problems of Literary Criticism

891 Seminar in Philology

892 Seminar in Medieval Literature

893 Seminar in Literature

897 Special Topics

899 Doctoral Dissertation
1-10 credits