printer friendly pageGERMAN 116: Writing About Germany: New Topics, New Genres
For Seniors who are declared German Studies majors. How to write about various topics in German Studies for a wide public through opinion pieces or blogs. Topics based on student interests: current politics, economics, European affairs, start-ups in Germany. Intensive focus on writing. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)
Instructors:
Berman, R. (PI)
Berman, R. (PI)
GERMAN 120Q: Contemporary Politics in Germany
Examination of political debates, politicians and parties in contemporary Germany with particular attention to the debate over the future of Europe. Looking closely at political discourse, from right to left, to understand how public discussion frames policy formation. At stake is the role Germany can play in the new Europe, against the background of its economic influence and its national past. Examination and analysis of public speeches by contemporary politicians such as Chancellor Angela Merkel and examples of debate from the Bundestag. Taught in German. Prerequisites: Some familiarity with German language
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Berman, R. (PI)
Berman, R. (PI)
GERMAN 128N: Medicine, Modernism, and Mysticism in Thomas Mann's the Magic Mountain
Published in 1924, The Magic Mountain is a novel of education, tracing the intellectual growth of a budding engineer through a maze of intellectual encounters during a seven- year sojourn in a sanatorium set high in the Swiss Alps. It engages with the key themes of modernism: the relativity of time, the impact of psychoanalysis, the power of myth, and an extended dispute between an optimistic belief in progress and a pessimistic vision of human nature. Through its detailed discussion of disease (tuberculosis), this remarkable text connects the study of medicine to the humanities. There will be an exploration of this rich and profound novel both as a document of early twentieth-century Europe and as a commentary on the possibilities of education that are urgent for liberal arts education today. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Berman, R. (PI)
Berman, R. (PI)
GERMAN 131: Intro to 18th Century German Literature: The Age of Reason, Feeling and Revolution
This course provides insight into the literature and cultural history of 18th century Germany with a special emphasis on the themes of identity and romantic love in the force field of tradition and change. Taught in German.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Cammin, R. (PI)
GERMAN 199: Individual Work
Repeatable for Credit. Instructor Consent Required
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
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Units: 1-12
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Dornbach, M. (PI)
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Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Dornbach, M. (PI)
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Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Dornbach, M. (PI)
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Eshel, A. (PI)
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Robinson, O. (PI)
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Starkey, K. (PI)
Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Dornbach, M. (PI)
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Eshel, A. (PI)
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Robinson, O. (PI)
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Starkey, K. (PI)
GERMAN 210: Dionysus - Mythology and Poetry of a Nietzschean Inspiration (COMPLIT 256A, COMPLIT 356A, GERMAN 310)
The Greek god Dionysus became, like Apollo, the symbol of poetic imagination. In the modern era he substituted the Apolline tradition, while Apollo assumed the characteristics of Dionysus. We will examine this central poctological motif in texts by authors including Euripides, Keats, Nietzsche, Pound, and Eliot. Open to advanced undergraduates. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Bohrer, C. (PI)
GERMAN 220: German Literature Pre 1700: Medieval and Early Modern German Literature (GERMAN 320)
An overview of German literature from the Middle Ages to 1700. All materials will be available in the original and in modern German translation. Discussion in English. Open to graduate students and advanced undergrads.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Starkey, K. (PI)
GERMAN 254: The Rhetoric of Futurity in German Literature Around 1800
An examination of the transformation of the discourse concerning the future in literary and philosophical texts, especially the assertion of differences among past, present and future periods. The relationship between a historical epistemology of knowledge about the future and a rhetorical analysis of speech acts. Texts include Kant's Anthropology," Jean Paul's Conjectural Biography, Schiller's Wallenstein, Goethe's Hermann und Dorothea, Schleiermacher's Monologues and Schlegel's Athenaeum Fragments. This course will be conducted in German.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Willer, S. (PI)
GERMAN 282: Martin Heidegger (COMPLIT 213A, COMPLIT 313A, GERMAN 382)
Working through the most systematically important texts by Martin Heidegger and their historical moments and challenges, starting with
Being and Time (1927), but emphasizing his philosophical production after World War II. The philological and historical understanding of the texts function as a condition for the laying open of their systematic provocations within our own (early 21st-century) situations. Satisfies the capstone seminar requirement for the major tracks in Philosophy and Literature. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Gumbrecht, J. (PI)
GERMAN 298: Writing Workshop
Open only to German majors and to students working on special projects, including written reports for internships. Honors students use this number for the honors essay. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
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Units: 1-12
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Repeatable for credit
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
Instructors:
Andersson, T. (PI)
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Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Instructors:
Andersson, T. (PI)
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Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Dornbach, M. (PI)
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Douvaldzi, C. (PI)
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Eshel, A. (PI)
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Robinson, O. (PI)
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Starkey, K. (PI)
Berman, R. (PI)
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Bernhardt-Kamil, E. (PI)
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Daub, A. (PI)
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Dornbach, M. (PI)
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Douvaldzi, C. (PI)
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Eshel, A. (PI)
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Robinson, O. (PI)
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Starkey, K. (PI)
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