GRMN 216-401 (COLL 225 / COML 216)
Introduction to German Literature

Grit Schwarzkopf
G.Schwarzkopf@uni-heidelberg.de

TR 1:30 pm - 3 pm

Cross-Cultural Analysis
Literatures of the World
Arts and Letters Sector

Prerequisite(s): GRMN 215 or the equivalent. Required for the major, also carries credit for the minor in German.
The language of instruction, readings, and discussion is German.

Why a course on German literature for the student learning language? Literature is where language is at its most versatile, inventive, and entertaining. Literature knows no shame in putting the fantasies, hopes, fears, and desires of a culture on display. This is a course for students intent on further developing their abilities in language and their knowledge of German culture. Ranging widely across the literary genres—from the fable, the aphorism and the joke to poems, songs, stories, and plays—students will discover what language and literature can do. Focus on speaking and writing.

 

updated 10-2009