TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
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MODERN LANGUAGE_330
Schaumann, Caroline. HALW. 41874 TBA.

January 18, 2012- May 01, 2012

Catalog Description: The culture of German-speaking countries since 1945. Interdisciplinary approach. Learning and practicing techniques of reading nonfictional German texts for better comprehension.

Semester Details:

This course, required for all German majors, is a continuation of GER 301 in its thematic focus on the changing portrayal of love in German cultural narratives.  Examining a variety of texts (fiction, essays, drama, poetry) from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century, we will discuss the history, evolution, and understanding of romantic love.  This writing-intensive course includes several assignments from plot summary to  thematic exploration designed to engage a detailed literary analysis.  Course materials will be drawn from a literary canon of Süße Pein and include texts by Frank Wedekind, Theodor Storm, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Gottfried Lessing, among others. 

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Wedekind, Frank. Frühlings Erwachen .
    ISBN: 9783140223232.
  2. Hoffmann, E.T.A.. Der Sandmann.
    ISBN: 9783140223560.
  3. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust-der Tragoedie erster Teil.
    ISBN: 9783140222785.
  4. Richard Schmitt, Hilke Dreyer. A Practice Grammar of German.
    ISBN: 9783193272553.

Grading

Assignment/ExamDetails% of Total Grade
Four written Essays60%
Oral presentation5%
Participation15%
Written homework10%
Grammar exercises10%

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