Advising

001

MTWRF

11-12

Staff

002

MTWRF

12-1

Staff

003

MTWRF

1-2

Staff

601

MW

6:30-8:45

Staff

GRMN 102 Elementary German II. A continuation of GRMN 101. The student’s expression and comprehension are enhanced through the study of literature and social themes.

001

MTWRF

11-12

Staff

002

MTWRF

12-1

Staff

GRMN 103 Intermediate German I. Modern German texts of moderate difficulty, an integrated grammar view, targeted study of vocabulary, and wide-ranging activities and projects to advance the student’s command of the language with regard to reading, writing, and speaking skills.

001

MTRF

11-12

Staff

002

MTRF

12-1

Staff

003

MTRF

1-2

Staff

601

MW

6:30-8:15

Staff

001

MTRF

11-12

Staff

002

MTRF

12-1

Staff

001

MWF 10-11
TR 10:30-12

Staff

001

MWF

12-1

Frei

002

MWF

11-12

Staff

GRMN 219

German Business World: A Macro Perspective. This course, the first of two classes leading to the Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf, is designed to introduce the student to the basic concepts of the German business world: economic geography, the European Union, transportation, tourism, elements of business correspondence, and forms of adequate comportment and manners while in Germany. Significant emphasis is placed on correct usage of appropriate business vocabulary and German grammar. Prerequisites: proficiency exams as required by the German Department at the University of Pennsylvania and completion of at least one third-year course in the department (i.e., German 211, 212, 215,216,221, or an approved equivalent).
FLAC

001

MWF 1-2

J. Kurland

Introduction to German Culture. In this course, we examine and explore the culture of German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to the present. We will discuss what has given the German-speaking peoples in their changing boundaries their special place on the map of European politics, arts, cultures, and life styles. We will pay attention both to mainstream tendencies and oppositional movements. Special emphasis will be on the last two hundred years of philosophy, music, literature, and art, from Kant, Goethe, and Beethoven to the creative forces of modernism in the 20th century. The contributions to the ascent of science, technology, modern design and architecture (Bauhaus) will receive due attention. As most of the reading and discussion will be in German, the course will help build both vocabulary and fluency in German.
FLAC, Distribution III: Arts & Letters

001

TR 12-1:30

F. Trommler

GRMN 349

Märchen. Many of us grew up with Disney's commercialized and formulaic versions of
classical fairy-tales. This course will trace the roots of familiar fairy
tales such as Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood back to nineteenth-
century German culture and the famous collections of the Brothers Grimm. The
rich cultural legacy of the Grimms and other German Romantics will be
considered, including feminist and postmodern revisions of the fairy tale. We
will also look at the fairy tale as a mechanism of enchanting, improving, or
disciplining children.

001 

MW 3-4:30 pm

C. MacLeod

GRMN 378 

Foreign in Germany. Foreign minority groups are integral elements of German society. This course will provide an overview of the history of foreigners in Germany and their political, social and
economic significance. Content-rich reading materials will show Germany as a country that is rapidly developing into a multinational, multiracial and multicultural society.  Focusing on the various attitudes of Germans held towards foreigners and the foreigners' attitudes towards life in Germany, the text selection will provide the basis for in-depth study of the subject, including the development of German policy regarding foreigners.
Distribution I: Society

001

TR 10:30-12

S. Shields

GRMN 242

Fantastic and Uncanny in Literature. What is the "Fantastic"? And how can we describe the "Uncanny"? This course will examine these questions, and investigate the historical background of our
understanding of "phantasy" as well as our concepts of the "fantastic" and "uncanny" in literature. Our discussions will be based on a reading of Sigmund Freud's essay on the uncanny, a choice of Friedrich Schlegel's and Novalis' aphorisms , and Romantic narratives by Ludwig Tieck, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others.
General Requirement III: Arts & Letters

401

TR 10:30-12

L. Weissberg

GRMN 257

Nazi Cinema. This course explores the world of Nazi cinema ranging from infamous propaganda pieces such as "The Triumph of the Will" and "The Eternal Jew" to entertainments by important directors such as Pabst and Douglas Sirk. More than sixty years later, Nazi Cinema challenges us to grapple with issues of more subtle ideological insinuation than we might think. The course also includes film responses to developments in Germany by exiled German directors (Pabst, Wilder) and concludes with Mel Brooks' "The Producers". Weekly screenings with subtitles.
Distribution III: Arts & Letters

401

402

403

404

405

406

407

lecture: MW 12-1

F 12-1

F 12-1

F 12-1

F 11-12

F 11-12

F 1-2

S. Richter and C. MacLeod

Staff

Staff

Staff

Staff

Staff

Staff

GRMN  261

401

TR 10:30 -12

K. Hellerstein

GRMN 516

Teaching Methods. This course examines major foreign language methodologies, introduces resources available to foreign language teachers, and addresses current issues and concerns of foreign language teaching and learning such as second language acquisition theory and application of technology.

301

TR 9-10:30

C. Frei

GRMN 531

German Literature to the 18th Century. This course affords a historical overview of authors and their works, genres, and epochs. Special emphasis is placed on social, historical, cultural and religious backgrounds. Readings constitute selected works or passages, or both.

301

MWF 10-11

Wiggin

GRMN 534

History of Literary Theory.

301

T 1-4

L. Weissberg

GRMN 646 

Novel of the 20th Century. A study of the major developments in modern German narrative prose in its international context. Discussions of theories and techniques.
Readings of authors such as Kafka, Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Doeblin, Seghers,
Boell, and Grass.

301

W 2-4

F. Trommler

GRMN 101

Elementary German I. Introduction to the basic elements of spoken and written German, with a particular emphasis placed on the acquisition of communication skills. Readings and discussion focus on cultural differences.

680

MW 6:30-8:45 

Staff

GRMN 103

Intermediate German I. Modern German texts of moderate difficulty, an integrated grammar view, targeted study of vocabulary, and wide-ranging activities and projects to advance the student’s command of the language with regard to reading, writing, and speaking skills.

680

MW 6:30-8:15 

Staff

GRMN 401

Beginning Yiddish I. The goal of this course is to help beginning students develop skills in Yiddish conversation, reading and writing. Yiddish is the medium of a millennium of Jewish life. We will frequently have reason to refer to the history and culture of Ashkenazie Jewry in studying the language.

401

TR 10:30-12 

 A. Botwinik

GRMN 401

Intermediate Yiddish I. The course will continue the first year's survey of Yiddish grammar with an additional emphasis on reading Yiddish texts. The course will also develop conversational skills in Yiddish.

401

TR 1:30-3:00 

K. Hellerstein

Jewish Films and Literature. From the 1922 silent film "Hungry Hearts" through the first "talkie," "The Jazz Singer," produced in 1927, and beyond "Schindler's List," Jewish characters have confronted the problems of their Jewishness on the silver screen for a general American audience. Alongside this Hollywood tradition of Jewish film, Yiddish film blossomed from independent producers between 1911 and 1939, and interpreted literary masterpieces, from Shakespeare's "King Lear" to Sholom Aleichem's "Tevye the Dairyman," primarily for an immigrant, urban Jewish audience. In this course, we will study a number of films and their literary sources (in fiction and drama), focusing on English language and Yiddish films within the framework of three dilemmas of interpretation: a) the different ways we "read" literature and film, b) the various ways that the media of fiction, drama, and film "translate" Jewish culture, and c) how these translations of Jewish culture affect and are affected by their implied audience.

401

TR 10:30 -12

  K. Hellerstein

DTCH 101

Elementary Dutch I. A first semester Dutch language course covering the core Dutch grammar and vocabulary with the goal of providing the corner stone for developing overall linguistic proficiency in Dutch.

401

MWF 12-1

 R. Naborn

DTCH 103

Intermediate Dutch I. A third semester Dutch language course. The emphasis lies on vocabulary expansion through the use of audio-taped materials and readings. Grammar is expanded beyond the basics and focuses on compound sentences, features of text coherence and idiomatic language usage.

401

MWF 11-12

  R. Naborn

DTCH 501

Elementary Dutch I. A first semester Dutch language course covering the core Dutch grammar and vocabulary with the goal of providing the corner stone for developing overall linguistic proficiency in Dutch.

401

MWF 12-1

  R. Naborn

DTCH 230

Dutch and Flemish Art. This class will focus on the Golden Age of painting in Holland as well as the century stretching from Bruegel through Rubens and van Dyck in Flanders. It will consider a variety of themes about the relation between art and society. This is the period of the rise of pictorial genres, such as landscapes and still-life, in the emerging market for paintings and prints. It is also the moment of the first great ventures in colonization and scientific exploration of the natural world, and arts role (including early atlases of maps and views) in both fields was considerable. Art responded to the turbulent upheavals of the Religious Wars, involving both politics and religion, frequently as a source of visual propaganda for church or crown. We shall consider these issues through the work of leading artists, such as the following: Peter Bruegel, Goltzius, Jan Brueghel, Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Ruisdael, Vermeer, among others.

No prerequisites, but Art History 102 (or equivalent) strongly recommended.
Evaluations by analytical assigned papers (or term paper alternative) and final examination.

401

MWF 11-12

L. Silver

DTCH 330

Rembrandt. This course aims to be an introduction and analysis of one of history’s greatest artists as well as a course in the methods and historiography of art history though the questions that have been addressed to Rembrandts works. We shall consider his use of the separate media of painting, drawing, and etching as well as the value and limitations of biographical and documentary explanations for a career. We shall consider individual works in depth and over time as well as how Rembrandt worked in different periods or on different types of art (e.g. landscapes) over the span of his career. Each student will pursue a semester-long research topic and will present the results of her findings to the seminar at the end of term.

No specific prerequisites, but permission required. Art history majors or experienced students in Art History given preference for admission.
Evaluation based on term paper research and presentation as well as class discussion.

401

T 1:30-4:30

 L. Silver

DTCH 399

Independent study. 

000

 TBA

 R. Naborn

DTCH 999

Independent study 

000

TBA 

Staff

SCND 103

Intermediate Swedish I.

401

MWF 11-12

KE Williams

SCND 399

Independent Study

000

TBA

Staff

SCND 503

Intermediate Swedish I.

401

MWF 11-12

KE Williams

SCND 999

Independent Study

000

TBA

Staff

DTCH 008

Amsterdam: Venice of the North, or a Modern Sodom and Gomorrah? This seminar will take you on a virtual canal boat trip through Amsterdam, guided by a Dutch native. Stops along the way include: a peek into the Cum Laude Coffee shop near the Red Light District, looking into how Dutch society tries to cope with drugs and prostitution; the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, witnesses to Holland's art
history; the Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank, also providing insight into European central banking; and the Universiteit van Amsterdam, evidencing the differences between the American and the Dutch educational systems. In-class discussions will include Dutch policies on finance, education, art, health and crime. Through slides, film, texts and the internet you will gather information to engage in these discussions, which will
culminate in an essay answering the question in the course title.
Distribution I: Society

301

MWF 10-11

R. Naborn

GRMN 006

Monsters and Marvels: "Tabloid" broadsides of early modern Europe "Monstrous" creatures - both human and non-human - have fascinated Europeans since the days of the Greek republic. In the late Middle Ages and early modern period, a new communications medium, the printed
broadside, opened the door to a flood of "tabloids," small, cheap texts
with lurid pictures and graphic descriptions of two-headed babies,
deformed animals and exotic creatures from distant lands. We will read
some of these texts firsthand and try to understand from them the ways
that Westerners viewed the world around them and beyond the seas. We
will discuss the war of words between Martin Luther and the pope, whom
he called the anti-Christ, and we will consider the role of women and
the increased misogyny that, by the seventeenth century, led to the
madness of the witch craze. Most of all, we will discover how to use old
texts, historical both in their form and content, as windows into a
culture quite different from our own.

301

MW 4:30-6 pm

N. McDowell

GRMN 008

301

MWF 11-12

F. Brevart

HIST 430

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
The meteoric rise of Hitler's NSDAP in Germany, the nature of Nazi rule, and the final collapse of the Third Reich. The first half of the semester analyzes the appeal of the NSDAP- who joined the party, who voted for it, and why. Nazi mobilization tactics, campaign strategy, and grass-roots techniques, the content of the party's social appeals. The second half of the course concentrates on the Nazis in power, their use of terror and propaganda, their ideological objective, everyday life in the Third Reich, the possibilities of resistance to the regime. Special attention will be devoted to Nazi Jewish policy and the step that led to the "Final Solution" and the Holocaust.

001

Lecture MW 1-2**

**Registration in a recitation section is also required.

T. Childers