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Bethany Wiggin, Acting Undergraduate Chair 3-8905
735 Williams Hall
bwiggin@sas.upenn.edu

Liliane Weissberg, Graduate Chair 898-3343
747 Williams Hall
lweissbe@sas.upenn.edu  

Paul Guyer , Interim Department Chair 898-8606
743 Williams Hall
pguyer@nous.phil.upenn.edu

Kathryn Hellerstein, Yiddish 898-7103
748 Williams Hall
khellers@mail.sas.upenn.edu

Kim-Eric Williams, Swedish 898-7107
751 Williams Hall
wkimeric@aol.com

Robert Naborn, Dutch 898-7107
751 Williams Hall
naborn@sas.upenn.edu

Visit our homepage for undergraduate program information, course descriptions, syllabi, events, and extra-curricular activities: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/german

Programs in German
  • Major in German: Choose from a wide variety of courses in language, business German language, culture, literature, and history. You can be confident that you will leave our program fluent in the language and at ease in the cultures and traditions of the German speaking countries
  • Major in German Studies: This versatile program offers you fluency in the language, culture, and literature, in addition to enabling you to select five courses related to your German interests in other School of Arts and Science departments. An efficient way to double major and to prepare for graduate school or an international career.
  • Double Major in German and Your Major of Choice: You are already in the Wharton School, International Relations, Computer Science, History, or Political Science. If you want to make yourself really competitive, then consider adding German as a double major. This could be just the edge you need.
  • Minor in German: You have satisfied your language requirement, but elect to keep up your German with some advanced language courses. To obtain a minor only requires 6 credits beyond GRMN 104 and most of your courses satisfy other college requirements.
  • Certificate in German Language Study: Students can receive a Certificate by completing 3 courses taught in German in addition to passing proficiency. Students must receive a minimum of a B+ average in the three courses, and may not take the courses on a pass/fail basis.
  • Study abroad programs in Germany: The above mentioned options can readily be combined with Penn’s study abroad programs in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich. Do not forget these programs afford you Penn credit for the courses that you take. You will satisfy courses in your major, double major or minor as you become more fluent in the Germanic language via total immersion in one of three of Europe’s most exciting cities.
  • European Studies Minor: European Studies at Penn is an interdisciplinary minor and an ideal addition to the study of many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. It supplements majors in history, political science, sociology, and art history as well as in French, German, English, Spanish, Italian and Slavic languages. It is designed to give students access to
    • an understanding of Europe as a historical and cultural entity and its world leadership in business, politics, and culture; a great variety of countries, cultures, and languages whose interaction with each other and the United States is an essential part of transatlantic culture; the institutions of a new Europe -- Union, Council on Europe, European Court -- reflecting the largest experiment in building a global system of governance in history. The minor in European Studies is designed to intensify interdisciplinary studies by integrating the humanities and social sciences and prepare students to live and work in Europe .
    • For more information, please visit: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/europeanstudies/

Freshman Seminars

GRMN 003 (COML 003) Censored! The Book and Censorship Since Gutenberg
Distribution Course in History & Tradition - Cl of '09 and prior. All readings and lectures in English. No knowledge of German is required.
401 TR 1:30 - 3 pm B. Wiggin
Although its pages may appear innocuous enough, bound innocently between non-descript covers, the book has frequently become the locus of intense suspicion, legal legislation, and various cultural struggles. But what causes a book to blow its cover? In this course we will consider a range of specific censorship cases in the west since the invention of the printed book to the present day. We will consider the role of various censorship authorities (both religious and secular) and grapple with the timely question about whether censorship is ever justified in building a better society. Case studies will focus on many well-known figures (such as Martin Luther, John Milton, Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Goethe, Karl Marx, and Salman Rushdie) as well as lesser-known authors, particularly Anonymous (who may have chosen to conceal her identity to avoid pursuit by the Censor).


GRMN 008 Superstition & Erudition: Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Distribution Course in History & Tradition - Cl of '09 and prior; Cross-Cultural Analysis - Cl of '10 and after. All readings and lectures in English. No knowledge of German is required.
301 TR 10:30 am - 12 pm F. Brevart

Individuals in medieval times lived basically the same way we do today: they ate, drank, needed shelter, worked in a variety of ways to earn a living, and planned their lives around religious holidays. They talked about the weather and had sex, they had to deal with cold, hunger, illness, epidemics and natural catastrophes. Those fortunate few who could afford the luxury, went to local monastic schools and learned how to read and write. And fewer still managed to obtain some form of higher education in cathedral schools and nascent universities and became teachers themselves. Those eager to learn about other people and foreign customs traveled to distant places and brought back with them much knowledge and new ideas. The similarities, we will all agree, are striking. But what is of interest to us are the differences, the “alterity” (keyword) of the ways in which they carried out these actions and fulfilled their goals. This course concentrates on two very broad aspects of daily life in the Middle Ages (12 th – 16 th centuries). The first part, Erudition, focuses on the world in and around the University. Taking Paris and Bologna as our paradigms, we will discuss the evolution of the medieval university from early cathedral schools, the organization, administration, financing, and maintenance of such an institution, the curriculum and degrees offered at the various faculties, and the specific qualifications needed to study or to teach at the university. We will familiarize ourselves with the modes of learning and lecturing, with the production of the instruments of knowledge, i.e. the making of a manuscript; we will explore the regimented daily life of the medieval student, his economic and social condition, his limited, but at times outrageous distractions, and the causes of frequent conflicts between town and gown. Finally, we will investigate the role of the medieval University in European history.
The second part, Superstition, revolves around astrology, medicine and pharmacy. Taking the German Volkskalender, the medieval predecessor of the modern Farmer’s Almanac, as our point of departure, we will gain insights into the ubiquitous role of astrology in the daily life of medieval individuals, for example in activities and decisions concerning farming; slaughtering of animals; personal hygiene; marrying; escaping from jail; conception of a male child; appropriate days to let blood; etc. Medicine, frequently referred to as astromedicine because of its inextricable dependence on astrology, encompasses a multitude of characteristics. The course will explore the precarious state of medieval medicine and pharmacology, the specific diseases of women (e.g. suffocation of the womb) and their treatments, the use of so-called wonderdrugs by professional physicians and medical charlatans alike produced from exotic plants, precious stones, animal parts, blood or human excrements, and the medieval rationality behind these forms of therapy. Special topics are also planned on the astrological causes and magical treatments of the Black Death; embryology, the seven-chambered uterus and the causes of homosexuality / lesbianism; sex as therapy, etc.


GRMN 010 (JWST 101) Translating Cultures: Literature on and in Translation
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters - Cl of '09 and prior; Cross-Cultural Analysis - Cl of '10 and after. All readings and lectures in English.
401 TYR 10:30 am - 12 pm K. Hellerstein
"Languages are not strangers to one another," writes the great critic and translator Walter Benjamin. Yet two people who speak different languages have a difficult time talking to one another, unless they both know a third, common language or can find someone who knows both their languages to translate what they want to say. Without translation, most of us would not be able to read the Bible or Homer, the foundations of Western culture. Americans wouldn't know much about the cultures of Europe , China , Africa , South America , and the Middle East . And people who live in or come from these places would not know much about American culture. Without translation, Americans would not know much about the diversity of cultures within America . The very fabric of our world depends upon translation between people, between cultures, between texts. With a diverse group of readings—autobiography, fiction, poetry, anthropology, and literary theory—this course will address some fundamental questions about translating language and culture. What does it mean to translate? How do we read a text in translation? What does it mean to live between two languages? Who is a translator? What are different kinds of literary and cultural translation? What are their principles and theories? Their assumptions and practices? Their effects on and implications for the individual and the society?

 

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Language Courses

GRMN 101 (GRMN 501) Elementary German I
001 MTWRF 11 am - 12 pm C. Frei
002 MTWRF 12 - 1 pm G. Skwara
003 MWF 1 - 2 pm TR 1:30 - 2:30 pm C. Frei

Designed for the beginning student with no previous knowledge of German. German 101, as the first course in the first-year series, focuses on the development of language competencies in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. By the end of the semester students will be able to engage in simple conversations about familiar things, know greetings and everyday expressions, they will be able to count and tell time, and negate sentences in day-to-day contexts. Furthermore, students will be able to speak about events that happened in the immediate past and express plans for the future. In addition, students will have developed reading strategies that allow them to glean information from simple newspaper and magazine articles and short literary texts. Because cultural knowledge is one of the foci of German 101, students will learn much about practical life in Germany and will explore German-speaking cultures on the Internet.


GRMN 102 (GRMN 502) Elementary German II
001 MTWRF 11 am - 12 pm Staff - canceled
002 MTWRF 12 - 1 pm D. James

This course is a continuation of GRMN 101 and is designed to strengthen and expand students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing competencies and to deepen an understanding of German-speaking cultures. By the end of the course students will be able to handle a variety of day-to-day needs in a German-speaking setting and engage in simple conversations about personally significant topics. Students can expect to be able to order food and beverages, purchase things, and to be familiar with the German university system, the Arts, media, and current social topics. Students will begin to be able to talk about the past and the future, make comparisons, describe people and things in increasing detail, make travel plans that include other European countries, and make reservations in hotels and youth hostels. By the end of the course students will be able to talk about their studies and about their dreams for the future. In addition, students will develop reading strategies that should allow them to understand the general meaning of articles, and short literary texts. Furthermore, students will feel more able to understand information when hearing German speakers talking about familiar topics. Cultural knowledge remains among one of the foci of German 102, and students will continue to be exposed to authentic materials.

GRMN 103 (GRMN 503) Intermediate German I
001 MTRF 11 am - 12 pm E. Shrader Hauze
002 MTRF 12 - 1 pm K. Wallach
003 MF 10 - 11 am, TR 10:30 - 11:30 am D. James

This course is designed to improve students’ writing and speaking competencies, to increase vocabulary, to deepen grammar usage, and to help develop effective reading and listening strategies in German across literary genres and media as students interpret and analyze cultural, political, and historical moments in German-speaking countries and compare them with their own cultural practices. This course is organized around content- based modules and prepares students well for GRMN 104 and a minor or major in German.


GRMN 104 (GRMN 504) Intermediate German II
001 MTRF 11 am - 12 pm C. Lynn
002 MTRF 12 - 1 pm C. Lynn
Expands students’ writing and speaking competencies in German, increases vocabulary, and helps students practice effective reading and listening strategies. Our in-class discussions are based on weekly readings of literary and non-literary texts to facilitate exchange of information, ideas, reactions, and opinions. In addition, the readings provide cultural and historical background information. The review of grammar will not be the primary focus of the course. Students will, however, expand and deepen their knowledge of grammar through specific grammar exercises. Students will conclude the basic-language program at PENN by reading an abridged and glossed version of an authentic literary text; Max Frisch Homo Faber, offering the opportunity to practice and deepen reading knowledge and to sensitize cultural and historical awareness of German-speaking countries.

GRMN 106 Accelerated Elementary German
001 MWF 10 - 11 am, TR 10:30 am - 12 pm S. Schlichting-Artur

This course is intensive and is intended for dedicated, highly self-motivated students who will take responsibility for their learning and creation of meaning with their peers. An intensive two credit course in which two semesters of elementary German (GRMN 101 & 102) are completed in one.  Introduction to the basic elements of spoken and written German, with emphasis placed on the acquisition of communication skills.  Readings and discussions focus on cultural differences. Expression and comprehension are then expanded through the study of literature and social themes .


GRMN 180 German in Residence
001 TBA M. Belcher
The German House is a half-credit course with concentrations in German conversation, film, and culture. Though many students enroll for credit, others often come to select events. All interested parties are invited, and you do not have to actually live in the house to enroll for credit. Students from all different levels of language proficiency are welcome. Beginners learn from more advanced students, and all enjoy a relaxed environment for maintaining or improving their German language skills.


GRMN 215 Conversation and Composition
Prerequisite(s): GRMN 104 or the equivalent.
001 MWF 12 - 1 pm C. Frei
002 MWF 11 am - 12 pm C. McCandless

Required for the major, also carries credit for the minor in German. Offers students the opportunity to improve significantly written and spoken discourse strategies and to raise language competence to an academic register. In addition, the course familiarizes students with several reading strategies. Students write several essays, weekly reaction pieces, lead discussions, and create short in-class presentations. During the second half of the semester, students create a common course web site in connection with their readings of an authentic literary text. In collaborative group work, students create the contents for different components: biography, text analyses, historical background, geography and didactizations emphasizing integrated skills and discourse competence. Their work is posted to a web site, which in turn, is incorporated in the 4 th-semester syllabus, where students use the peer-generated information and comprehension checks for their understanding of an abridged version of the authentic literary text.

Please visit the Homo.Cyber project at http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/german/215/


GRMN 221 Advanced Grammar & Stylistics
001 TR 1:30 - 3 pm F. Brevart
This course is designed to help the student develop a more sophisticated writing style in German. This is achieved by means of the study and discussion of the fine points of German syntax (e.g. correct usage of tenses, punctuation, experimentation with word order, etc.), by a variety of exercises in finding synonyms, similes, analogies, and rhetorical strategies, and by exposure to numerous idioms. Emphasis is also placed on determining the appropriate usage of language in a specific situation. The ultimate objective of this course is therefore to encourage an active and imaginative use of the German language. Students should be prepared to undertake an active role in critiquing one another's writing.

 Business German

GRMN 219 German Business World
Distribution Course in Society - Cl of '09 and prior.
Foreign Languages Across Curriculum (FLAC)
Prerequisite(s): GRMN 215 or equivalent. No previous knowledge of economics or business required. Course taught in German.
001 MWF 1 - 2 pm D. James

This course offers you insights into the dynamics of Business German, while taking a macro approach.  Examples of various course topics include: economic geography and its diversity, the changing role of the European Union, and the economic importance of national transportation and tourism.  In addition, the course emphasizes the development of students’ discourse competencies, Business German vocabulary and grammar.  Course assignments include oral presentations on current events, class discussions, role-play, and collaborative group work.  Class time will be utilized to practice speaking, answering questions, reviewing exercises and holding group discussions on various topics.  Class participation is a key component of this course.

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Courses Taught in English

GRMN 235 (COML 238) Autobiographical Writing
Benjamin Franklin Seminar. Arts & Letters Sector (All Classes).
All readings and lectures in English.
401 TR 1:30 - 3 pm L. Weissberg
How does one write about oneself? Who is the “author” writing? What does one write about? And is it fiction or truth? Our seminar on autobiographical writing will pursue these questions, researching confessions, autobiographies, memoirs, and other forms of life-writing both in their historical development and theoretical articulations. Examples will include selections from St. Augustine’s confessiones, Rousseau’s Confessions, Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, as well as many examples from contemporary English, German, French, and American literature.


GRMN 242 (COML 126) Fantastic and Uncanny in Literature
Arts & Letters Sector (All Classes); Cross-Cultural Analysis - Cl of '10 and after. All readings and lectures in English.
401 TR 10:30 am - 12 pm L. Weissberg

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.


GRMN 258 (COML 270 / CINE 250) German Cinema
Arts & Letters Sector (All Classes); Cross-Cultural Analysis - Cl of '10 and after. All readings and lectures in English.
401 MW 2 - 3:30 pm G. Wolmart
An introduction to the momentous history of German film, from its beginnings before World War One to developments following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and German reunification in 1990. With an eye to film's place in its historical and political context, the course will explore the "Golden Age" of German cinema in the Weimar Republic, when Berlin vied with Hollywood; the complex relationship between Nazi ideology and entertainment during the Third Reich; the fate of German film-makers in exile during the Hitler years; post-war film production in both West and East Germany; the call for an alternative to "Papa's Kino" and the rise of New German Cinema in the 1960s.


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Literature and Culture

GRMN 269 Introduction to German Culture
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters - Cl of '09 and prior; Cross-Cultural Analysis - Cl of '10 and after.
Foreign Languages Across Curriculum (FLAC)
Prerequisite(s): GRMN 104 or equivalent. All readings and lectures in German.
001 TR 12 - 1:30 pm F. Trommler

In this course, we examine and explore over a thousand years of cultural history of the German-speaking lands with an eye toward clarifying the key cultural knowledge shared by German speakers. From the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, we examine what makes the German nations -- and peoples -- what they are today. We will pay attention both to mainstream tendencies as well as oppositional political and cultural movements. Special emphasis will be placed on cultural achievements such as literature, music, and architecture as well as on a basic understanding of the politics, economics and cultural formations of Germany , Austria , and Switzerland in the 20th century. The language of instruction, readings, and discussion is – with few exceptions – German.


GRMN 349 Maerchen

Distribution Course in Arts & Letters
- Cl of '09 and prior.
Prerequisite: GRMN 215 or equivalent. All readings and lectures in German.
001 MW 3:30 - 5 pm A. Kiehne

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. 

GRMN 377 Germany and the European Union
Distribution Course in Society - Cl of '09 and prior.
Prerequisite(s): GRMN 215 or equivalent. All readings and lectures in German.
001 TR 10:30 am - 12 pm S. Shields

Ein mühevoller Weg zieht sich von Churchills Forderung, die Europäer sollten sich zusammenschließen, bis hin zum heutigen Europa der 25 EU Staaten Wie ist es dazu gekommen, wie wird es weitergehen?
In January 1999 a single monetary system united Germany, a core nation, with 10 other European states. Since January 2002 Euro bank notes and coins have gone into circulation in 12 European countries. The European Union is now stronger than ever before, and on May 1, 2004 ten more countries joined the EU - the largest-ever expansion. Is the EU benefiting from this enlargement or does the arrival of so many new members drain money from the EU budget and slow down the EU decision-making? This course will provide an overview of the political and economic developments towards integration in post-war Europe, focusing on Germany’s key role. Studying content-rich reading materials, it explores historic-political, social, economic and cultural issues that are urgent for Germany as well as the European community. Accompanying activities will help students to improve the level of complexity of their language skills.


GRMN 399 Independent Study
000 TBA Staff
See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.

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Graduate Seminars

GRMN 516 Teaching Methods - canceled
301 TR 9 - 10:30 am C. Frei

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.


GRMN 517 (EDUC 673 / ROML 691) Technology & Foreign Language Teaching - canceled
401 M 4 - 6 pm C. Frei / K. McMahon
This course focuses on the evaluation, design, and development of multimedia in foreign language teaching and seeks to spotlight intersections of pedagogy and technology. Emphases are on the evaluation and production of effective multimedia-based materials and the pedagogical concerns raised by their implementation. In workshops, you will learn to use video-, image-, and sound-editing software applications. In weekly lectures, you will examine current trends and issues in pedagogically sound applications of technology. We will focus our discussions mainly on the efficacy of Web-based design and development. You will design and produce an instructional project including different media such as text, image/graphics, sound, and video and create an on-line teaching portfolio as your final project.


GRMN 531 German Literature to the 18th Century
Cross-Cultural Analysis - Cl of '10 and after.
301 TR 10:30 am - 12 pm B. Wiggin

This seminar explores key chapters in the history of German literature since the beginnings. Our discussion of canonical works and authors ranging from the early medieval period to the early Enlightenment is intended to provide a firm grounding in German literary history. It is a discussion framed by questions to which we will constantly return: What is “die Literatur” anyway? What is “German” literature? How has its history been written? Which literary histories and other handbooks are essential to the work of “Germanisten”? How does literary history differ from cultural history? Can methods from new cultural histories help us in our investigations of literary history? Assignments differ for undergraduate and graduate students; they include several short papers and oral presentations as well as a final project.


GRMN 534 (COML 501 / ENGL 571 / ROML 512 / CLST 511 / SLAV 500) History of Literary Theory
Undergraduates need permission from instructor.
401 T 12 - 3 pm R. Copeland / K. Platt

This course on literary theory will have a strong historical component. We will be tracing out the transformation of key problems in foundational texts ranging from antiquity to the post-modern age, including works by Plato and Aristotle, Longinus, Augustine, Dante, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Benjamin, Foucault, Lacan, and Derrida (authors represented on the Comparative Literature Theory exam list), leading to our most contemporary concerns with postcoloniality, race, and gender. Our readings will help us to understand the disciplinary and institutional transformation of literary studies in the last few decades. We will look at the production and revision of such issues as text and culture, language and signification, representation, affect and the body, ownership and authority, canonity, power and ideology, history and nation, and the constitution of the subject. Course requirements: three short papers (7 pages), and one oral report (accompanied by bibliography) as a final project.


GRMN 535 (COML 536) Goethe's Novels - canceled (will be offered in Spring 2007)
All readings and lectures in English.
401 W 1 - 3 pm C. MacLeod

With each of his major novels, Goethe intervened decisively and provocatively in the genre and wider culture. This seminar will analyze three of Goethe’s novels spanning his career: the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther; the novel of adultery Elective Affinities, and the “archival” novel Wilhelm Meisters Journeyman Years. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which these novels address questions of modernization – technology and secularization, to name only two – through the lens of individuals who understand themselves in relation to artistic media. We will also consider seminal scholarship on the novels (e.g. Benjamin, Lukács) in addition to recent critical approaches.


GRMN 554 (RELS 500) Theories of Religion
401 W 3 - 6 pm S. Dunning

A study of the various ways of interpreting religion as a phenomenon in human life. Analysis of the presuppositions involved in psychological, sociological, and phenomenological approaches. Authors include James, Weber, Freud, Otto, Eliade, and contemporary writers.


GRMN 580 (PHIL 581) Topics Aesthetics - 18th Century Aesthetics
401 W 12 3 pm P. Guyer
A close study of major texts in aesthetics from Shaftesbury and Addision
through Kant and Schiller. Other authors may include Hutcheson, Hume, Burke,
Gerard, Kames, Alison, Baumgarten, Mendelssohn, Lessing, Diderot, and
Rousseau. Issues can include the nature of aesthetic experience, the
distinction between the beautiful and the sublime, the universality of taste,
the ethical significance of the aesthetic, and the commonalities and
differences among the arts. The course will be taught as a seminar, and
students will be responsible for an oral presentation as well as a term paper.



GRMN 630 (COML 635 / HIST 620 / RELS 630) Topics in 18th Century Studies - Literature, Religion, and the Bible in Enlightenment Germany
All readings and lectures in English.
401 M 1 - 3 pm S. Richter
At a time when contemporary culture is markedly engaged in a repudiation of secularism and a return to religious belief, it may be interesting to explore the Enlightenment as a mirror image and origin of our present situation. The Enlightenment has long been understood as a trans-European effort to counter, if not flatly reject religion, superstition, the church, and divinely instituted monarchy. Recent scholarship challenges this conception and urges us to think of the Enlightenment engagement with religion and the Bible as a productive encounter. Enlightenment thinkers and writers in Germany (including members of the Haskalah) presided over an explosion of biblical scholarship, exegesis, interpretation, theologizing, and literary adaptation. As Jonathan Sheehan argues, the Enlightenment did not reject the Bible—-the Enlightenment changed it. Topics will include: pietism, gender, and subjectivity; theodicy; the Berlin Haskalah; anti-semitism; Spinozism and radical Enlightenment; sacred history and the origins of historicism; translation, interpretation and adaptation. Authors will include: Lessing, Mendelssohn, Klopstock, Herder, Goethe, Jung-Stilling, Kant, Moritz, and Maimon, as well as new scholarship by Sheehan, David Sorkin, Jeffrey Freedman, Jonathan Hess, and others. French and English Enlightenment texts will also be brought in. Parallel readings in German and English. Discussion in English.


GRMN 642 Drama of the 20th Century
301 R 2 - 4 pm F. Trommler
Based on a discussion of the relationship of drama (text) and theater
(performance), the course examines the development of realistic and
antirealistic currents in modern German drama. From Wedekind and
Expressionism to Piscator's political theater, Brecht's epic theater and
beyond (Horvath, Fleisser, Frisch, Duerrenmatt, Handke).

GRMN 990 Masters Thesis
000 TBA Staff
See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.

GRMN 995 Dissertation
000 TBA Staff
See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.

GRMN 999 Independent Study
000 TBA Staff
See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.

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CGS Courses

GRMN 101 (GRMN 501) Elementary German I
Non-CGS students need permission from CGS.
601 MW 6:30 - 8:45 pm E. Dixon

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

GRMN 103 (GRMN 503) Intermediate German I
601 MW 6:30 - 8:15 pm A. Pichugin
Modern German texts of moderate difficulty and an integrated grammar review advance the student's command of the language.

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Yiddish Courses

YDSH 101 (JWST 031 / YDSH 501) Beginning Yiddish I
Four Semesters Fulfills the Language Requirement.
401 TR 12 - 1:30 pm K. Hellerstein

Yiddish, a 1000-year-old language, with a rich heritage. This course introduces the skills of reading, writing, and speaking Yiddish through the study of grammar, enriched by cultural materials such as song, literature, folklore, and film. This course assumes no previous knowledge of Yiddish.


YDSH 103 (JWST 033 / YDSH 503) Intermediate Yiddish I
Four Semesters Fulfills the Language Requirement. Prerequisite: YDSH 102 / JWST 032 or permission of the instructor.
401 TR 12 - 1:30 pm A. Botwinik
A continuation of YDSH 102 / JWST 032, Beginning Yiddish II, this course develops the skills of reading, writing, and speaking Yiddish on the intermediate level through the study of grammar and cultural materials, such as literature, newspapers, films, songs, radio programs.

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Dutch Courses & Studies

DTCH 101 (DTCH 501) Elementary Dutch I
401 TR 4:30 - 6 pm R. Naborn

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


DTCH 399 Independent Study
000 TBA R. Naborn
See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.


DTCH 999 Independent Study
000 TBA R. Naborn
See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.

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Swedish Courses

SCND 103 (SCND 503) Intermediate Swedish I
401 MWF 11 am - 12 pm K. Williams
Continuation of SCND 102.


SCND 399 Independent Study
000 TBA K. Williams

See department for section numbers. Permission needed from department.