01:470:255The Faust Legend Through the Ages (3) Relevance of the Faust theme to Western civilization from biblical days to the present, with emphasis on Goethe's Faust. |
01:470:261,262Major German Writers (3,3) Selected masterpieces of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present. |
01:470:275German Studies Seminar (3) Survey of topics, theoretical approaches, and research methods in German studies. Interdisciplinary examination of 20th-century German culture. Required for all German studies majors; should be taken in the sophomore or junior year, to be taught in English. |
01:470:349Contemporary German Cinema (3) New German cinema as a contemporary mode of artistic expression. Viewing and analysis of films by such outstanding directors as Fassbinder, Herzog, Schloendorff, and Wenders. Emphasis on the "literary" aspects of the German cinema. One section taught in German. |
01:470:350The Nazi Period in Film (3) Feature and documentary films dealing with the cultural, historical, and political development of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and its global implications. One section taught in German. |
01:470:365,366Literature and Social Change from Nietzsche to Brecht (3,3) Interaction between German literature and society from the unification (1871) and industrialization of Germany to the end of World War II. |
01:470:367Self and Society in the Postwar German Novel and Short Story (3) Major prose writers of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland since the end of World War II. |
01:470:368Self and Society in the Postwar German Drama (3) Major playwrights of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland since the end of World War II. |
01:470:373Bertolt Brecht, Dramatist and Marxist (3) Study of Brecht's Epic (Marxist) Theater and its impact on contemporary
dramatic theory and theatrical practice; an introduction to Brecht's
poetry of engagement. |
01:470:375New Subjectivity in Literature and Film (3) Literature and film in the context of political, social, and cultural developments since the late 1960s. Topics include the politics of the personal, reconciliation with the Nazi past, the "death of literature," and the rise of German feminism. |
01:470:380German-Jewish Literature and Culture (3) Survey of German-Jewish culture, 18th century to present. Literature in political-historical context, with some attention to music, philosophy, and film. Special permission required for credit toward major. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:380. |
01:470:381Cultural Foundations of Germany (3) Significant aspects of German civilization from the Age of Charlemagne to the unification of Germany in 1870. Focus on the German contribution to music, the arts, the sciences, philosophy, and literature. |
01:470:383Germanic Mythology (3) Myths and religious practices of the migration period and the age of the Vikings. Sources: the Eddas, Christian and pre-Christian documents and texts, archaeological finds, place names, modern folkloristic beliefs. |
01:470:384Yiddish Literature from Tradition to Enlightenment (3) Traces the cultural dynamics of Ashkenazic Jews in 16th- to 19th-century Europe through Yiddish religious writing, folktales, fiction, memoirs, and poetry. All readings in translation. Prerequisites: 01:563:202, 260, or permission of instructor. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:384 or 01:988: 391. |
01:470:385The Changing Image of Women in German Literature (3) Selected works of German literature that convey the experience of women cast into socially prescribed roles. |
01:470:387,388,389,390Topics in German Literature and Civilization (1.5,1.5,3,3) |
