GER 6060 Beginning German for Graduate Students I 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
For graduate students from other departments who need to acquire a reading knowledge of German. Not open to graduate students in German.
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GER 6061 Beginning German for Graduate Students II 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
For graduate students from other departments who need to acquire a reading knowledge of German. Not open to graduate students in German.
Prerequisite: GER 6060 or its equivalent.
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GER 6505 German Culture 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Interdisciplinary study of periods and major aspects of German culture from the Middle Ages to the present.
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GER 6940 Supervised Teaching 1-5 Credits, Max 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised Teaching
Prerequisite: departmental approval.
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GET 6526 Weimar Cinema 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Weimar cinema, and theory and criticism that surround it. Examination of intersection between formal-aesthetic and ideological-political aspects as manifest in film text.
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GET 6529 New German Cinema and its Legacy 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
New German cinema as response to Hollywood cinema, Germany's Nazi past and problems posed to society, and cinema by other mass media and new imaging technologies. Analytical texts draw from new historicism, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and postmodernism.
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GEW 6205 Foundations of Literary Study 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Required for M.A. and Ph.D. candidates in German. Focus on literary criticism and methodology. Different theoretical approaches to literature and research techniques. Recent developments.
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GEW 6266 History of the German Novel 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Development of novel from its beginning in 17th century to its rise in late 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as well as history of theories about novels.
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GEW 6305 Studies in German Drama and Theater 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Main trends in the development of German drama during different literary periods. Analysis of individual plays and theoretical texts.
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GEW 6405 Medieval and Renaissance Literature 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Courtly and heroic epic, Volksbücher, and major genres and trends from the Medieval and Renaissance period.
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GEW 6425 From Luther to Lessing: Early Modern German Literature 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Analysis of major trends, authors, and texts from Reformation to Enlightenment.
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GEW 6535 German Classical and Romantic Literature 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Analysis of major authors and texts. Special attention to developments in culture, aesthetics, and society.
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GEW 6725 Culture and Society in the Weimar Republic 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Intellectual and cultural life between 1918 and 1933. Analysis of literary works from theater, cabaret, and cinema within context of social and political life of the Weimar Republic.
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GEW 6735 Modern German Literature 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Literary trends and major works of early twentieth century. Authors may include Mann, Rilke, Kafka, and Hesse. Relation to contemporary cultural and aesthetic developments.
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GEW 6736 Contemporary German Literature 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Literary trends from 1945 to present. Relation to contemporary cultural and aesthetic developments. Current developments.
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GEW 6745 Literature and Culture in the Third Reich 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Analysis of major literary and nonliterary works of Nazi period. Appropriation of German literary tradition. Examination of Nazi theater and film. Literature of the so-called inner emigration.
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GEW 6826 German Literary Theory 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Major figures in field from nineteenth century to present. Emphasis on question of hermeneutics and different responses developed by literary theoreticians. Special focus on most recent developments in field.
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GEW 6900 Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures
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GEW 6901 Special Study in Germanic Languages and Literatures 3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Intensive study of a selected topic.
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GEW 6905 Independent Study 3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Available by special arrangement. May be taken only once for M.A. credit.
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GEW 6910 Supervised Research 1-5 Credits, Max 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised Research
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GEW 6971 Research for Master's Thesis 1-9 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for Master's Thesis
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GEW 7979 Advanced Research 1-12 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for doctoral students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students who have been admitted to candidacy.
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GEW 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation 1-15 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
For students admitted to candidacy.