GERMAN

091.101

ELEMENTARY GERMAN (4.5) Flannery, Groves, Holmes, Mifflin Limit 18 per section.
An introduction to the German language and a development of reading, speaking, writing, and listening skills through the use of basic texts. Lab Req'd; Both semesters must be completed with passing grades to received credit. Cannot be taken Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory   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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MTW 10, Th 9:30

MTW 11, Th 10:30

MTW 12, F 12

MTW 1, F 1

091.201 (H)

INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I (3.5) Wiggins(Sec.01), Domenghino (Sec.02), Wheeler (Sec.03) 
Prereq: 091.101-102 or placement exam Limit 16 per section Limit 13 for Sec.01 only This course is designed to continue the four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) approach to learning German. Reading and discussions are topically based and expanded upon through audio-visual materials. Students will also review and deepen their understanding of the grammatical concepts of German. In the second semester, the capital city of Berlin is highlighted.  Lab Req'd. Taught in German 

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MTW 11

MTW 12

MTW 1

091.203 (H)

GERMAN FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3) Niebisch 
Limit 15  Prereq: 091.101-102 or placement exam.  This intermediate level course is designed to provide students in engineering and sciences with “real life skills” and cultural background necessary for internship or research trips to Germany. Taught in German.

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MTW 2

091.301 (H)

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ADVANCED GERMAN CONVERSATION and COMPOSITION (3), Mifflin, Long   Limit 15 per section   Prereq: 091.201-202 or equivalent. Topically, this course focuses on the political and societal developments in Germany from 1945 to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Topics covered include reconstruction, (re)development of the party system, the student protests of the 1960s, and developments in West and East Germany. Students analyze literary and journalistic texts, films and print media. Emphasis on style and clarity in both written and oral expression. Review of advanced grammar. Taught in German

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02

MTW 11

MTW 12

091.303 (H)

BUSINESS and COMMERCIAL GERMAN (3) Wheeler   Limit 15   Prereq: 091.201-202 or equivalent. Two-semester Intensive introduction into the language and culture of German business, commerce, and industry. Combines the study of foreign language with business skills, including Web publishing through the design and maintenance of a course web page. Students will learn basic economic and business vocabulary; investigate the current status of the German and European economy; and become familiar with economic and political structures as well as specific business practices, customs, and codes of behavior in the business world. Analysis and discussion of German economic and business texts and translation of economic and business materials. Taught in German.

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MTW  10

091.305

GERMAN FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3) Niebisch Prereq: 091.201-202 or equivalent. This course is designed as an introduction to the language used by scientists and engineers. Everyday communication in the work setting, analysis of texts, preparation of presentations, and discussion of topics. Specific areas of interest to the course members will guide the selection of materials. The first semester will focus on communication and professional issues; the second semester will focus on the language of science and developing skills in reading, writing, and oral expression. Course added 08/30/05

091.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY

090.250 (H)

GERMAN MODERNITY (3) Campe/Nguyen Prereq: Freshmen Only We will read and discuss masterpieces by four German writers and four German philosophers who have defined and redefined modernity: Goethe & Kant; Büchner and Nietzsche; Kafka and Benjamin; Bachmann and Adorno. Reading and discussion in English.

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Reading hour

M 1-3

W 4-5pm 5-6pm

090.322 (H)

FIN DE SIÈCLE VIENNA (3) Tobias/Hoecker Exploration of the major currents in turn-of-the-century Viennese culture: dreams, eroticism, violence, literary experimentation and crisis in paternity. Authors to include Freud, Musil, Schnitzler, Zweig, Trakl and Wittgenstein. Readings and discussion in English. Additional hour TBA Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

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T 3-5

090.371 (H)

FRANZ KAFKA, WRITER OF MODERNITY (3) Nägele/Zheng Prereq: 091.201-202  Introduction for Franz Kafka’s prose and its position in modern literature. The course will concentrate on two of Kafka’s major novels: Der Prozess and Das Schloss. Reading in German, discussion in German and English. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

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Reading hour

Th 1-3

T 4, W 4

090.384 (H)
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE (3) Wilczek     Limit 18      This course examines the similarities and differences between answers to the question of the origin of language given by philosophical writings from the 18th century and recent scientific research.
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course

Cross-listed with Romance Languages, Cognitive Science, and the Humanities Center

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M 3-4:30
W 2-3:30

090.400 (H)

GERMAN LITERATURE AFTER 1989 (3) Strowick The course focuses on topics of cultural and political relevance after 1989 – the fall of the Berlin wall – and how they are presented in contemporary German literature, including drama and fiction. Close readings will investigate into the concepts of generation, nationality, and gender and the textutal strategies to develop and actualize them in the literary texts; in this context we will outline a poetics of observation. Readings will refer to recent theoretical approaches such as poststructuralism and gender studies and include the following authors: Grass, Sebald, Jirgl, Christa Wolf, Rainald Goetz, the post-Shoah generation (Biller, Menasse), Turkish-German voices, pop literature, plays and productions by Jelinek, Pollesch, and Schlingensief. Readings and discussions in German. Course added 04/05/05

090.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY

090.509

GERMAN HONORS PROGRAM

360.133 (H)

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GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION (3) Patton/Bett/Celenza/Biddle      Limit 20 per section

Cross-listed with Classics, Interdepartmental, Philosophy, Romance Languages 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

300.377 (H)

RADICAL ENLIGHTENMENTS: SPINOZA’S HERETIC “ATHEISM AND THE MATERIALIST TRADITION” (3) deVries Limit 30 20

Cross-listed with Anthropology, Philosophy, German, Romance Languages and Political Science

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Th 1-3:30

091.601

READING AND TRANSLATING GERMAN FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I  Clark  Graduate students only  This course is designed for graduate students in other departments who wish to gain a reading knowledge of the German language. The first semester assumes no knowledge of German and covers the grammatical principles of the language. The second semester assumes a basic knowledge of German grammar and vocabulary and concentrates on reading practice. For certification or credit.

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MW 9

090.615

NARRATIVE THEORY: A CRITICAL REEVALUATION Tobias 
A commonplace of narrative theory is that narratives produce a semblance of life that permit such a statement in works by Lukas, Genette, Hamburger, Benjamin, Ricoeur, and Barthes.

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M 3-5

090.630

NOVALIS, HÖLDERLIN, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF POETRY Gold  Once consigned to literary legend, Novalis and Hölderlin are now recognized as rigorous thinkers in their own right. This seminar examines their attempts to elaborate theories of poetry and poeticizing following their critiques of Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre; we will also consider their significance for such commentators as Benjamin, Heidegger, de Man, and Lacoue-Labarthe. Texts include Hyperion, “Die Vefahrungsweise des poetischen Geistes,” Heinrich von Ofterdingen, Hymnen an die Nacht, Fichte-Studien, and selected poems
Course added 04/26/05

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T 3-5

090.645

RHETORICS OF VISUALITY Campe 
We will explore figures of visuality such as evidence, ekphrasis, and graphic metaphor along with their epistemological contexts and media effects; poetic examples range from Baroque to Romanticism.

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W 5-7pm

090.655

'BEAUTIFUL SOUL' AND ROMANTIC IRONY: FEELING, GENDER, THEORY Pahl   
One might be tempted to oppose the critical attitudes of Sensibility and early Romanticism: one allegedly simpler and more conservative, complementing enlightened rationality by cultivating feeling, and the other playful and sophisticated, bending the Enlightenment’s firm stance with its complex theory and practice of irony. In this course, we will try to mix up the two discourses of the ‘beautiful soul’ and of Romantic irony and, since they tend to fall along gender lines, this will also be a way of troubling gender constructions. Readings and discussion in English

Cross-listed with Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Course added 06/13/05

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W 3-5

090.769

WALTER BENJAMIN: THE PARISIAN ARCADES – PASSAGEN ARBEIT Nägele   
Walter Benjamin’s unfinished project on the Parisian Arcades is one of the most daring experiments in reading the traces of history and texts. We will focus particularly on Benjamin’s procedures in presenting his material and in his methods of reading it. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies

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Th 5-7pm

300.677

TRANSCENDENCE AND IMMANENCE: THEODOR W. ADORNO AND GILLES DELEUZE  (3)

Cross-listed with Anthropology, English, Philosophy, Political Science & Romance Languages

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T 1-4

212.692

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

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TBA

090.800

INDEPENDENT STUDY Nägele

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TBA

090.811

DIRECTED DISSERTATION RESEARCH  Nägele

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TBA