700.
PRACTICUM FOR GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS. (1)
Practical Introduction to basic problems and techniques of
teaching German. Required of graduate teaching assistants
in their first semester of teaching in the Department.
701.
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LITERATURE. (3)
Introduction to methods of literary research and presentation
of seminar papers. Exercises in the use of basic guides to
the study of German language and literature, in the documentation
of scholarly research, and in the writing of interpretive
essays, based on reading and discussion of selected works
from different periods of the Departmental "M.A. Required
Reading List."
703.
METHODS OF LITERARY CRITICISM. (3)
Differentiation of critical methods. Exercises in textual
criticism.
704.
GERMAN STYLISTICS. (3)
Stylistic analysis of literary texts; writing in German.
705.
GERMAN PHONETICS. (3)
A systematic study of German phonetics.
711.
HISTORY OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. (3)
A comprehensive introduction to the basic concepts of Germanic
philology and various aspects of historical linguistics, including
the nature of language and linguistic change, discoveries
of the pioneer philologists of the 19th century regarding
the prehistory of German, and the beginnings of a national
German language.
712.
THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN STANDARD GERMAN. (3)
A descriptive study of the phonetics/phonology and grammar
of contemporary Standard German. Special emphasis on problems
of teaching German to English-speaking students.
716.
TOPICS IN GERMAN LITERATURE: _____. (3)
Intensive study of a selected topic in German literature.
May be repeated. Offered only in conjunction with GERM 616
when taught by a Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor.
Graduate students will be assigned additional work.
721.
INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN LITERATURE. (3)
The elements of Middle High German as required for reading
medieval texts in the original. Intensive reading and literary
study of at least one text in full.
732.
SURVEY of Early-Modern German Literature (Humanism, Baroque,
Enlightenment) (3)
734.
SURVEY of German Literature in the Age of Goethe (Sturm und
Drang, Classicism, Romanticism) (3)
736.
SURVEY of Post-Romantic Nineteenth-Century German Literature
(Biedermeier, Vormärz, Realism, Naturalism) (3)
738.
SURVEY of Twentieth-Century German Literature (1900-present)
(3)
751.
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURE. (3)
Intensive study of a selected topic in German culture. May
be repeated.
753.
INVESTIGATION AND CONFERENCE. (1-3)
To be taken only in exceptional cases. Permission of the instructor
who will supervise the student's work is required.
754.
STUDIES IN HUMANISM, RENAISSANCE, AND REFORMATION LITERATURE.
(3) May be repeated.
755.
STUDIES IN BAROQUE LITERATURE. (3)
May be repeated.
756.
STUDIES IN ENLIGHTENMENT LITERATURE. (3)
May be repeated.
760.
STUDIES ON WRITERS OF THE AGE OF GOETHE. (3)
May be repeated.
762.
STUDIES IN ROMANTICISM. (3)
May be repeated.
764.
STUDIES IN THE LITERATURE OF THE 19th CENTURY. (3)
May be repeated.
766.
STUDIES IN LITERATURE SINCE 1890. (3)
May be repeated.
800.
SEMINAR: TEACHING GERMAN AS A SECOND LANGUAGE. (3)
Introduction to selected aspects of second-language acquisition,
foreign-language pedagogy, and contrastive contrastive grammar,
with the major concentration on practical guidance in teaching
elementary German, in test preparation and grading, and in
the use of equipment.
822.
SURVEY OF MEDIEVAL GERMAN LITERATURE. (3)
Text-oriented study of the literature of 750-1500 with selected
readings in the original and in translation.Prerequisite:
German 721.
823.
READINGS IN MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN EPICS. (3)
Reading and literary analysis of one of the following: Nibelungenlied,
Erec and Iwein, Tristan, Parzival. Prerequisite: German 721.
824.
READINGS IN MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN LYRICS. (3)
Reading and literary analysis of one of the following: Minnesangs
Fr6hling, Walther von der Vogelweide. Prerequisite: German
721.
851.
STUDIES IN GERMANIC PHILOLOGY. (3)
Topic to be announced. Emphasis on studies in etymology, semantics,
vocabulary, medieval dialects, linguistic theories. Prerequisites:
German 711.
852.
SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE. (3)
Prerequisite: GERM 701.
854.
STUDIES IN THE WORKS OF _______________ (3)
In depth study of the work of a major author in German Literature.
Prerequisite: GERM 701.
899.
MASTER'S THESIS. (1-6).
900.
WORKSHOP FOR Ph.D. STUDENTS. (1)
Introduction to job-seeking skills, including use of the computer,
grant application and publication skills. To be taken in the
first year of Ph.D. work. Meets the first four weeks of the
spring semester.
901.
GOTHIC. (3)
Reading of selected Gothic texts. Historical and descriptive
study of Gothic phonology and grammar, with an introduction
to comparative Germanic grammar. Prerequisite: German 711.
902.
OLD SAXON. (3)
Introduction to the elements of its grammar and discussion
of its role in the Germanic family. Selected readings from
the Heliand and discussion of the entire work. Prerequisite:
German 711.
903.
OLD HIGH GERMAN. (3)
Reading and discussion of selected prose texts and poetic
documents; phonological and grammatical features of the Old
High German dialects. Prerequisite: German 711.
951. SEMINAR IN GERMANIC PHILOLOGY. (3)
May be repeated.
952.
SEMINAR IN MEDIEVAL GERMAN LITERATURE. (3)
May be repeated.
954.
SEMINAR IN HUMANISM, RENAISSANCE, AND REFORMATION LITERATURE.
(3) May be repeated.
955.
SEMINAR IN BAROQUE LITERATURE. (3)
May be repeated.
956.
SEMINAR IN ENLIGHTENMENT LITERATURE. (3)
May be repeated.
960.
SEMINAR ON WRITERS OF THE AGE OF GOETHE. (3)
May be repeated.
962.
SEMINAR IN ROMANTICISM. (3)
May be repeated.
964.
SEMINAR IN THE LITERATURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY. (3)
May be repeated.
966.
SEMINAR IN LITERATURE SINCE 1890. (3)
May be repeated.
967.
SEMINAR IN SPECIAL TOPICS. (3)
May be repeated.
953.
INVESTIGATION AND CONFERENCE. (3)
To be taken only in exceptional cases. Permission of the instructor
who will supervise the student's work is required.
999.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION. (1-10)
