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Course Schedule—Fall 2004

German

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GERMAN

091.101

ELEMENTARY GERMAN (4.5) Domenghino, Mifflin, Nguyen, Wiggins Year course; must complete both semesters with passing grade in order to receive credit; Lab Req=d; Cannot be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory    Limit 18 per section.   Students should choose their section based on the MTW schedule. Conflicts arising from the Th/Fri hour will be resolved with instructor.

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04

MTW 9, Th 1

MTW 10, Th 2

MTW 11, F 2:30

MTW 12, F 2:30

091.201 (H)

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I (3.5) Delman, Wheeler    Lab Req'd.    Limit 16 per section     Prereq: 091.101-102 or placement exam

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03

MTW 10

MTW 12

MTW 1

091.301 (H)

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ADVANCED GERMAN COMPOSITION & CONVERSATION I MEDIA & POLITICS (3) Costache, Mifflin Limit 15 per section   Prereq: 091.201-202 or equivalent or placement exam.  Taught in German

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02

MTW 11

MTW 1

091.302 (H)

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CONTEMPORARY GERMAN ISSUES: ADVANCED GERMAN II (3) Wilczek Limit 15 Prereq: 091.301 or equivalent or placement exam.

Sec. 01

MTW 1

091.303 (H)

BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL GERMAN (3) Staff   Limit 15   Prereq: 091.201-202 or equivalent

Sec. 01

MTW  10

090.324 (H)

MARX, NIETZSCHE, FREUD THE ORIGINS OF CONSCIENCE (3) Twellmann  Where does the inner voice come from which admonishes us not only about our actions but also about our thoughst and desires? This question has received different answers; in our discussions we will focus on those given by Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud. Readings and discussion in English. Course added 4/28/04

Sec. 01

W 3-5

090.335 (H)

MODERN GERMAN POETRY (3) Nagele Prereq: 091.201-202 or equivalent  Limit 15  A close reading of some of the respresentative German poets of the 20th century, among them Rilke, Trakl, Celan, and others.

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Tutorial hour

Th 1-3

W 5

090.389 (H)

CONTEMPORARY ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION “WHAT IS LOVE?” (3) Arndt     Limit 15 A discussion of the revival of the age-old topos of love in contemporary texts and films and its relevance for postmodern theory.  Materials include Amélie and Hustvedt’s  What I Loved
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course

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MW 3-4:30
M 3-4:30

090.401 (H)

THE NOVELLA (3) Theisen / McChesney   Prereq: 091.301-302  Will investigate the specific significance of the genre for 19th century German literature from Romanticism to Realism. Texts and discussion in German.

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Tutorial Hour

W 1-3

TBA

360.133 (H) (W)

GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION (3) Roller, Williams, Campe, Patton  Limit 20 per section Cross-listed with Classics, Interdepartmental, Philosophy, and the Humanities Center

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04

ThF 10:30-12

ThF 10:30-12

ThF 10:30-12

ThF 10:30-12

300.361 (H)

LITERATURES OF TIME  (3)  deVries Limit 20 Cross-listed with Anthropology, English, Humanities Center, Philosophy & Romance Languages

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T 10:30-1

091.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY

   

090.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY

   

090.509

GERMAN HONORS PROGRAM Staff Course added 3/29/04

TBA
TBA

091.601

READING & TRANSLATING GERMAN FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I Clark   Graduate Students Only

Sec. 01

MW 9

090.607

PLACES OF SOVEREIGNTY Campe The modern stage, from Shakespeare to Handke, is oftenspecifically related to sovereignity--as the king's antechamber, the place of aclamation or expulsion, or the ambivalent zone between territories. Readings in English and German; discussion in English. Cross listed with Romance Languages and Literature, and Humanities

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W 5-7pm

090.624

ON TOLERANCE TOLERATION Twellmann  The course examines political and juridical aspects of toleration as it was conceived in the 18th century by Lessing, Dohm, Mendelssohn, and Hamann. Additional readings include Hobbes, Spinoza, and Locke. Readings and discussion in German. Course added 4/28/04

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M 3-5

090.630

W. G. SEBALD Theisen  Seminar will offer an introduction to Sebald’s prose from Vertigo, The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, to Austerlitz. Discussion in English, Texts in German or in English translation Course canceled 9/28/04.

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T 3-5

090.767

THEATRICAL BODIES & GESTURAL LANGUAGE: BRECHT, ARTAUD, AND HEINER MǛLLER Nägele   
Brecht, Artaud, and Heiner Műller are among the most paradigmatic writers rethinking and reshaping the concept of theater and gesture as a rethinking both of language and the political sphere.

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Th 5-7pm

300.671

STANLEY CAVELL’S “THE CLAIM OF REASON”  deVries  Seminar will explore Cavell’s magnum opus and discuss his contribution to the understanding of philosophical skepticism, literature, film, ethics, politics and religion  Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, English, Humanities Center & Romance Languages and Literatures

Sec. 01

Th 10-1

212.692

RESEARCH METHODS Waterman Department majors only Limit 20 Year-long course

Sec. 01

TBA

100.749

SOCIAL THEORY FOR HISTORIANS Jelavich French and German social theory, with emphasis on Durkheim and Weber.     Cross-listed with History 

Sec. 01

W 12-2

090.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY

Sec. 01

TBA

090.811

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH  Nägele

Sec. 01

TBA

090.813

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH

Sec. 01

TBA

090.815

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH Campe

Sec. 01

TBA

090.817

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH Tobias

Sec. 01

TBA

090.819

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH Theisen

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TBA


 

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