Graduate Courses in German (GERM)

GERM 201 - Methods Research&Bibliography

Introduction to tools and methods of research, including major bibliographical sources, reference works, dictionaries, editions, and journals concerned with German literature, language, and folklore. Prerequisite: Two 100-level courses.

Credits: 3

GERM 202 - Expository Writing

Improvement of writing skills through work with authentic texts from different content areas (literature, media, science, business). Emphasis on stylistic development and sophisticated vocabulary-building. Prerequisite: Two 100-level courses.

Credits: 3

GERM 213 - History of the German Language

Historical and linguistic development of the German language from Indo-European to the present, emphasizing sound shifts, the 16th century, and the modern age. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 214 - Middle Ages

Analysis and discussion of several "Minnesang" poets (esp. Walther and Neidhart), the Nibelungenlied, the courtly epics Erec, Parzival, and Tristan, and the satirical epic Helmbrecht. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 225 - Goethe

Study of Goethe's accomplishments in poetry, drama, and the novel during major phases of his literary career: "Sturm und Drang," Classicism, and Romanticism. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 226 - Schiller

Major attention will be paid to Schiller's development as a dramatist (from Die Rauber to Wilhelm Tell) as well as to his contributions to German Classicism. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 237 - 19th-Century Prose

Literary and stylistic analysis of prose works by Tieck, Kleist, Stifter, Gotthelf, Droste-Hulshoff, Storm, Keller, and Hauptmann with emphasis on Romanticism, Poetic Realism, and Naturalism. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 247 - German Lit from 1890 to 1945

Naturalism, Symbolism, Expressionism and subsequent trends through readings of authors such as Hauptmann, Rilke, Kaiser, Kafka, Mann, and Brecht. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 248 - Contemporary German Literature

Literary movements and their major representatives from 1945 to the present, including relevant sociopolitical, intellectual, and cultural aspects. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 251 - German Folklore

Verbal folklore genres (fairy tales, legends, folk songs, and proverbs) treated in their relation to literature, mass media, and popular culture. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 263 - German Romanticism

Study of major works by authors such as Friedrich Schlegel, Novalis, Brentano, Hoffmann, and Eichendorff in their literary, artistic, philosophical, and sociopolitical contexts. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 271 - Proverbs

Diachronic and synchronic survey of German proverbs, proverbial expressions, and wellerisms, emphasizing their use and function in literature, art, mass media, advertisements and oral communication. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 273 - German Intellectual Movements

A survey of developments in art, music, philosophy, and social thought from the Enlightenment to 1945, with particular attention to their impact on German literature. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 275 - Fin-de-Siecle

Prevalent literary and intellectual movements at the turn of the 20th century in their historical, sociopolitical, and cultural contexts. Study of Nietzsche, Freud, Rilke, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, and Mann. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 276 - Brecht & the Modern Drama

Brecht's revolutionary concept of "epic theatre" in theory and practice and its influence on subsequent dramatists, including Durrenmatt, Frisch, Handke, Hochhuth, Muller, and Weiss. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 279 - German Short Story after 1945

Aesthetic and thematic evolution of the short story and its relation to historical, political, and cultural developments from 1945 to the present. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 281 - Sem in Lit Genre,Period,Theme

Study of a literary genre, period, or theme through close readings of representative texts supplemented by lectures and reports on sociocultural context. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 282 - Sem on Particular Author

Study of author(s) through close readings of representative texts supplemented by lectures and reports on the works' sociocultural context. May be repeated. Prerequisite: 155 or 156 and one other 100-level course.

Credits: 3

GERM 295 - Advanced Special Topics

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Credits: 1 to 18

GERM 296 - Advanced Special Topics

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Credits: 1 to 18

GERM 391 - Master's Thesis Research

Credits: 1 to 12