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ENG 294 - Studies in Modernism Instructor
Churchill
An examination of modernist literature and arts, with emphasis on formal experimentation within historical, political, and social contexts. Specific themes and texts may vary.
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ENG 295 - Women Writers Instructor
Staff
Selected 19th and 20th-century British and American women authors. Explores how culture influences the writing, reading, and interpretation of literature and how women writers articulate their experience.
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ENG 297 - Caribbean Literature Instructor
Flanagan
An exploration of major themes and tropes in fiction, poetry and drama by writers of African, Asian, and European descent in the English, French, and Spanish speaking islands. Writers include figures such as V.S. Naipaul, Kamau Brathwaite, Maryse Conde, Paule Marshall, Derek Walcott, Jean Rhys, and Edouard Glissant.
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ENG 303 - Writing Poetry II Instructor
Staff
Advanced work in writing poetry.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 305 - Writing Plays Instructor
Staff
Offered in years when a professor in residence or a visiting professor of writing or theater focuses on playwriting.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 310 - The English Language Instructor
A. Ingram
Introduction to theories of modern linguistics as they illuminate the historical development of English phonology, morphology, and syntax from Old and Middle English to Modern English. Attends to both written and spoken English; examines definitions and theories of grammar, as well as attitudes toward language change in England and the U.S.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 342 - Medieval Literature Instructor
Gibson
An interdisciplinary study of medieval English literature, visual art, and spirituality from the 8th through the 15th century. Most texts in translation.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 343 - Chaucer Instructor
Gibson
Critical study of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde in Middle English with attention to their historical and cultural context.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 352 - Shakespeare Instructor
R. Ingram
Critical reading, discussion, and performance of selected plays.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 353 - Studies in English Renaissance Literature Instructor
Staff
Topics in Renaissance literature such as Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, Renaissance schools of poetry, and Northern humanist culture.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 355 - Milton Instructor
R. Ingram
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, selected minor poems, selected prose.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 360 - Studies in British Literature Instructor
Staff
Special topics in British literature with attention to critical approaches.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 361 - The Eighteenth Century Instructor
Vaz-Hooper
Historical and critical study of British literature from 1660 to 1800.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 362 - British Romanticism Instructor
Vaz-Hooper
Poetry and prose of early 19th-century Britain.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 370 - Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge University Limited to thirty students, the Davidson Summer Program at Cambridge focuses on the history and literature of late 18th- and 19th-century Britain. Students may receive credit for either English 370 or History 390.
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ENG 371 - Victorian Literature Instructor
Vaz-Hooper
Readings in the prose and poetry of the period.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 373 - Modern British and Irish Poetry Instructor
Churchill
Development of poetry in England and Ireland from Hopkins and Hardy to the present.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 381 - American Fiction: 19th Century Instructor
A. Ingram
Historical and theoretical understanding of romanticism, realism, and naturalism, with attention to Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, James, Crane, and others.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 382 - Nineteenth Century American Poetry Instructor
Staff
Historical and theoretical understanding of major trends in American poetry of the nineteenth century with special attention to Romanticism, Sentimentalism, and Realism. Major authors include Emerson, Whitman, Poe, Longfellow, Melville, Dickinson, Dunbar, among others.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 386 - American Fiction: 20th Century Instructor
Nelson
Historical and theoretical understanding of modernism, postmodernism, and contemporary literature, with attention to Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Ellison, O’Connor, Welty, Bellow and others.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 388 - Contemporary Theatre Instructor
Fox
Alternative and mainstream American and British theatre after 1950, from Pinter to Kushner, with emphasis on developments arising in political theatre, postmodern theatre, and solo performance.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 389 - Studies in Literature and the Environment Instructor
A. Ingram
Special topics in environmental literature, such as American nature writing, the Thoreauvian narrative, ecocriticism, and ecoliterature.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 392 - Studies in Literature by Women Instructor
Mills
Special topics in women’s writing such as Inflections of the Self, Poetry and Female Identity, the Woman Hero, Gender and Text. 2008 Topic: Literary Selves Emerging (Plath, Morrison, and Atwood.)
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 393 - Studies in Literature and the Visual Arts Instructor
Staff
Special topics considering relationships between literature and the visual arts. Designed especially for students who wish to pursue the study of film beyond the level of English 293 and for students interested in relationships among painting, sculpture, and literature.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 394 - Studies in Modern Literature Instructor
Staff
Special topics in modern literature, such as Modern International Fiction, Contemporary Poetry, Literature and Medicine, and Contemporary Drama.
Prerequisites & Notes First-year students require permission of the instructor.
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ENG 395 - Independent Study in Literature Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic and determines the means of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 396 - Independent Study in Writing Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic and determines the means of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 397 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction of a faculty member who approves the topic and determines the means of evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 495 - Senior Colloquium Instructors
Gibson, A. Ingram, R. Ingram
Approaches a wide range of literature through specific topics, themes, or problems chosen by the course instructors. Topics may include a genre, a specific historical issue, or some other broad organizing principle. Emphasizes synthesis and analysis of material from disparate cultures and periods by reading, discussing, and writing about works that exemplify the course’s topics. 2008 Topic: Literary Monsters.
Prerequisites & Notes Limited to senior English majors.
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ENG 498 - Senior Honors Research Instructor
Mills
Reading and research for the honors thesis and field examination taught by the student’s thesis director and the departmental honors advisor. Culminates in an oral presentation to the student’s honors committee. Final evaluation conducted by the student’s thesis director. Ordinarily, taken in the fall of the senior year.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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ENG 499 - Senior Honors Thesis Instructor
Mills
Writing of the honors thesis begun in English 498, supervised by the student’s thesis director and supported by instruction of the departmental honors advisor. Concludes with an oral defense of the thesis and a field examination administered by the student’s honors committee. Final evaluation conducted by the student’s thesis director in consultation with the student’s honors committee. Ordinarily, taken in the spring of the senior year.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor required.
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FRE 101 - Elementary French I Instructor
Kruger
Introductory French course developing basic proficiency in the four skills: oral comprehension, speaking, writing, and reading. Requires additional work in drill sessions and the language laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes Normally, for students with no previous instruction in French.
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FRE 102 - Elementary French II Instructor
Kruger
Continuing development of basic proficiency in the four skills. Drill sessions and work in language laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes French 101 at Davidson or permission of the department.
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FRE 103 - Intensive Beginning French (2 credits) Instructor
Jacobus
Beginning French. Learn conversational French quickly. Meets every day for 6 class-hours per week plus meetings with an assistant teacher (AT). Completes two semesters of French in one semester. Equivalent to French 101 and 102. Counts as two courses and prepares for French 201.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall only)
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FRE 201 - Intermediate French Instructor
Staff
Development of skills in spoken and written French, with extensive oral practice and grammar review. Requires work in the language laboratory or the equivalent.
Prerequisites & Notes Fulfills foreign language requirement.
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FRE 202 - Advanced Intermediate French Instructors
Slawy-Sutton, Sutton
Further cultivation of intermediate-level oral and written skills, with selected grammar review.
Prerequisites & Notes French 201, placement examination, or permission of the department.
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FRE 220 - Portraits of Women: Love/Death Instructor
Beschea
Literature treating portraits of women in French and Francophone texts, films, music, and painting. Discussion of issues such as national identity, religion and morality, colonialism and the status of women. Typical authors: Marie de France, Chrétien de Troyes, Marguerite de Navarre, Racine, Corneille, Laclos, L’Abbé Prévost
Prerequisites & Notes French 202 or above. (Fall)
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FRE 223 - Childhood and Youth Instructor
Slawy-Sutton
Literature treating the theme, “l’enfance et l’adolescence,’’ through different genres and literary periods. Typical authors: Maupassant, Colette, Prévert, Anouilh, Sarraute, Sebbar, Chedid.
Prerequisites & Notes French 202 or above. (Fall)
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FRE 224 - Innocence and Awareness Instructors
Kruger, Sutton
Literature treating the theme of self-discovery in different genres and literary periods. Typical authors: Voltaire, Flaubert, Camus, Molière, Duras.
Prerequisites & Notes French 202 or above. (Spring)
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FRE 225 - Rich and Poor Instructor
Kruger
Discussion of the themem of wealth and its place in a variety of literary forms and cultural contexts. Readings typically include plays, poetry, and fiction by French and Francophone authors such as Molière, La Bruyère, Balzac, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Prouix, Roy and La Ferrière.
Prerequisites & Notes French 202 or above. (Fall)
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FRE 229 - Introduction to French Literature Abroad Course in literature taught by the Davidson program director in Tours.
Prerequisites & Notes (Offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 250 - French Phonetics and Translation Instructor
Fache
Systematic study of French pronunciation and intonation as they relate to underlying grammatical patterns and presentation of translation theory with exercises designed to reduce the number of anglicisms in written and spoken French. Extensive individualized instruction in the Language Resource Center.
Prerequisites & Notes French 211 or the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. (Spring)
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FRE 260 - Contemporary France Instructor
Sutton
Contemporary French social and political institutions, attitudes and values, emphasizing current events. Especially recommended for those planning to study in France.
Prerequisites & Notes French 202 or above. (Fall)
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FRE 285 - Phonetics and Translation Abroad A course in corrective phonetics and translation taken at a university in a French-speaking country.
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FRE 287-288, 387-390 - Studies in Civilization and Culture Abroad Courses on topics related to francophone civilization (e.g., culture, history, politics) taken at a university in a French-speaking country.
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FRE 290 - Masterworks of French Fiction in Translation Instructor
Staff
The course is an introduction to major works of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century French and Francophone literature in translation. No prior knowledge of French is necessary.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 295, 296, 297 - Independent Study for Non-Majors Individual work under the direction of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic of study and determines the means of evaluation.
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FRE 320 - Adultery in Novel and Film Instructor
Kruger
Analysis of representation of female adultery in French literature and film, with emphasis on the social stereotypes and cultural myths at play in 19th century fiction. Typical authors: Flaubert, Barbey d’Aurevilly, Balzac, Sand, Maupassant, Mérimée.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor. (Spring)
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FRE 321 - Autobiographies, Journals, Diaries Instructor
Kruger
Analysis of first-person narratives from a variety of periods. Typical authors: Diderot, Guillerargues, Graffigny, Camus, Gide, Duras.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course number French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 322 - North Africa in Novel and Film Instructor
Slawy-Sutton
Analysis of French texts of the 19th and 20th centuries (from French colonization to immigration) which deal with themes and images relative to North Africa, and of contemporary literature by North African immigrants in France.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 329 - Studies in the Novel Instructor
Staff
Prerequisites & Notes Any course number French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 330 - French Drama Instructor
Staff
Thematic and esthetic analysis of masterpieces of French theater, ranging from the classical to the romantic era through the contemporary period. Typical authors: Molière, Racine, Hugo, Musset, Claudel, Anouilh, Giraudoux, Montherlant, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco, Beckett, Genet.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 339 - Studies in the Theater Instructor
Staff
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 340 - Symbolist Poets: Drugs, Music, Revolt Instructor
Jacobus
Study of late 19th-century innovators in poetry: Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé, and of their use of metaphor, syntax, image, rhythm, tonality, and literary references.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above.
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FRE 341 - Poetry, Passion, Painting Instructor
Jacobus
Study of selected poets, such as Apollinaire, Reverdy, Dohollau, Eluard, Surrealists, Ponge, and Butor, and of their use of metaphor, syntax, image, rhythm, tonality, and artistic references.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor.
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FRE 349 - Studies in Poetry Instructor
Staff
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above, or permission of the instructor.
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FRE 360 - Where is France Heading? Instructor
Sutton
Study of questions concerning French society, including national identity, the social welfare system, the French economy, secondary/higher education, and France’s relations to other states.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above.
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FRE 361 - Francophone Africa and the Caribbean Instructor
Staff
Literature and civilization of French-speaking Africa and the Antilles. Focus on social, political and prophetic roles of the writer.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 363 - Quebec: Literature, Society, and Culture Instructor
Kruger
Literature and civilization of Quèbec. Focus on the events, individuals and movements that have shaped this dynamic and diverse French-speaking society.
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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FRE 365 - Introduction to the History and Aesthetics of French Cinema Instructor
Pettersen
French films and filmmakers from origins of cinema to the contemporary period, emphasizing surrealism (Bunuel, Vigo, Cocteau), poetic realism (Clair, Renoir, Carne), and the “New Wave’’ (Resnais, Godard, Truffaut).
Prerequisites & Notes Taught in English. Readings and all written work may be done in French for major credit in French. (Fall)
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FRE 366 - Francophone Cinema Instructor
Beschea-Fache
This course is designed to foster cultural awareness and literacy about post-colonial French-speaking Africa while providing continuous training in the French language as the class discussions and most assignments will be conducted in French. The course will explore sub-Saharan French-speaking cinema, which, since its advent after the independence of the colonies from France in the early 1960s, has been extremely dynamic and daring and yet remains unknown to most Westerners. All films are subtitled in English.
Prerequisites & Notes No previous training in film studies will be required.
Satisfies a requirement for the major in French, concentrations in film studies and international studies concentration. Cultural diversity requirement.
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FRE 369 - Studies in French Civilization Instructor
Staff
Prerequisites & Notes Any course numbered French 220 or above.
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FRE 384-386 - Studies in Literature Abroad Courses in francophone literature taken at a university in a French-speaking country.
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FRE 395-397 - Independent Study for Majors Individual work under the direction of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topic of study and determines the means of evaluation.
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FRE 491 - Senior Thesis An in-depth study of a literary theme, genre, movement, author, or topic of civilization in close consultation with a faculty advisor. Required of all senior majors in the spring semester, except those students enrolling in 499 Senior Honors Thesis.
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FRE 499 - Senior Honors Thesis Seniors who satisfy requirements for admission to the departmental honors program enroll in 499. A written request containing a brief description of the thesis project and a working bibliography is submitted to the department for consideration no later than the fifth week of the fall semester of the senior year. Approval of project proposal constitutes permission to enroll in 499. An oral defense of the thesis is required.
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GER 101, 102 - Elementary German I and II Instructor
McCulloh
For beginners. Introduction and development of the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, along with presentation of the fundamental structures of German. Each course requires online work and participation in AT sessions.
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite for German 102: German 101 or placement. (101 offered in the Fall, 102 in the Spring.)
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GER 101W - First-Year Writing Seminar Instructors
McCarthy, McCulloh
Writing-intensive study (in English) of selected topics.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies the composition requirement. Limited to first-year students. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 103 - Intensive Elementary German (2 credits) Instructor
Henke
For beginners. Introduction and development of the basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing along with presentation of the fundamental structures of German. Requires online work and participation in AT sessions. Meets six class hours per week. [Equivalent to German 101 and 102, counting for two courses.]
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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GER 201 - Intermediate German Instructor
McCarthy
Continuing work in developing language skills, with strong emphasis on speaking and writing. The course requires online work and participation in AT sessions. Fulfills the foreign language requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes German 102, 103, or placement. (Fall)
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GER 230 - German Literary Masterpieces (in trans.) Instructor
Henke
Taught in English, this course offers students an overview of some of the major authors and works of German literature that are significant (1) in their own right, (2) for the German literary tradition, and (3) because of their relationship to English and American literature. We will explore a variety of periods (Enlightenment, Romanticism, Poetic Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism) and genres (drama, novella, novel, opera, poetry, and film).
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 232 - Burning Books (in trans.) Instructor
Henke
Would the six million Jews have lived had the estimated 100 million books not been destroyed? What is it about books that suggests such a link to the human condition? Using the 1933 book burnings as its point of departure, this course explores the nature of literature in the context of the Third Reich. As you learn about Nazi Germany and the imaginary, literary resistance to it, you will also be introduced to some basic methods of literary criticism. The end of the course is devoted to literary representations of the Holocaust. Taught in English.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 234 - Defining “Germanness” (in trans.) Instructor
McCulloh
This course explores the manner in which Germany and Germans are depicted in literature and film, primarily film adaptations of those literary works, including both German and “Hollywood” films. Fictional representations of “Germanness” are subjected to critical scrutiny and analysis, from Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) and its first American screen adaptation to the consummately wholesome The Sound of Music to the scathingly critical films of Fassbinder to the playfully satiric Schulze Gets the Blues. Texts are in English translation, German films have subtitles.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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GER 238 - Berlin Stories and Histories (in trans.) Instructor
Henke
Examines Berlin’s turbulent history–from its founding and the eventual rise of Prussia to German Imperialism, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, the Cold War, unification, and European integration. Our goal will be to illuminate how German historical continuities and transformations are reflected, anticipated, legitimated in the arts; predominantly in literature, but also in architecture, painting, and film. Attendance at screenings is mandatory.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 240 - German/American Connections on Film (in trans.) Instructor
McCarthy
Examines German and Hollywood cinema’s long history of mutually beneficial and antagonistic relations. Topics include German Expressionism, film noir, trans-Atlantic stars, New German Cinema’s representations of America, German cameramen Karl Freund and Michael Ballhaus, and today’s Hollywood-inspired German filmmakers.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 242 - Hollywood Alternatives, From Germany and Beyond (in trans.) Instructor
McCarthy
An overview of historical and contemporary attempts to challenge Hollywood’s dominant cinematic codes, which examines Weimar and New German Cinema, Russian montage, French New Wave, “Art house” cinema of the 1960s, independent film of the 1990s, plus several contemporary European films.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 244 - Screening Gender (in trans.) Instructor
McCarthy
A look at gender in German, Hollywood and various European films and how it reflects cultural assumptions, anxieties and fantasies. The larger social and historical context for representations of gender will also be examined.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 250 - Introduction to German Literary Studies Instructor
McCarthy
An introduction to authors, genres, and periods in German literature as well as methods of literary criticism. Close reading, discussion, and analytical writing in German about key original texts from various periods and traditions.
Prerequisites & Notes German 201 or placement. (Spring)
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GER 260 - Introduction to German Cultural Studies Instructor
Henke
Close attention to the various answers to the questions: “Was ist Deutsch?” and “What does the study of German culture entail?” Texts drawn from various discourses, including history, literature, film, visual arts, political and social science, as well as journalism and popular culture.
Prerequisites & Notes German 201 or placement. (Fall)
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GER 272 - German Mass Media Instructor
Henke
Taught in German, this course provides an overview of the foundations and organization of mass media in Germany. An in-depth, sometimes comparative look at specific newspapers, magazines, radio and television shows, as well as internet sites will illuminate how those media shape German notions of reality. The course is designed to help students improve their language skills: reading, writing, listening, dialogic and monologic speaking.
Prerequisites & Notes German 201 or placement. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 298 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topics of the study, reviews the student’s work on a regular basis, and evaluates the student’s accomplishment. Either one major paper or a series of shorter ones will be among the requirements.
Prerequisites & Notes Permission of the instructor and the department chair. (Fall, Spring)
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GER 330 - Goethe and Schiller (in trans.) Instructor
Henke
Taught in English, this course introduces students to the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) and Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), arguably the two most prominent figures of German literary history. We will trace their development from the defiant Storm and Stress years to the balanced harmony of the classical period while paying close attention to the literary and intellectual traditions in which the two authors participated.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 332 - Modernism (in trans.) Instructor
Denham
An interdisciplinary study in English of modernist movements in Central Europe between 1890 and 1940. Topics covered include literary movements (Naturalism, Expressionism, New Realism); artistic movements (Blue Rider, the Bridge, Jugendstil, Neue Sachlichkeit, Bauhaus); music (Neo-Romanticism, Second Viennese School, Jazz); culture and politics (Freud, fascism, urbanism, film, anti-Semitism). Some key figures include: Kandinsky, Klee, Gropius, Rilke, Kafka, Luxemburg, Modersohn-Becker, Th. Mann, Musil, Döblin, Nietzsche, Lasker-Schüler, Hitler, Riefenstahl, Trakl, R. Strauss, Torberg, Jünger.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 334 - Modern German Theater (in trans.) Instructor
McCulloh
This course concentrates on pivotal German, Swiss, and Austrian authors in the history of the modern stage. The list of influential writers includes, but is not limited to, Wedekind, Brecht, Frisch, Dürrenmatt, and more recent documentary dramatists such as Rolf Hochhuth and Heiner Kipphardt. Students will explore the political and social contexts in which the various works arose in early modern and pre- and post-war Europe, and, as in the case of Brecht, in exile in Scandinavia and the United States. It will be taught in English.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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GER 336 - Memory in Literature and Film (in trans.) Instructor
McCarthy
Examines personal and collective memory in a variety of cultural contexts and the strategies which film and literature use to represent it. We will also analyze the roles that truth-telling, trauma and national narratives play in memory’s construction. From the German context, we will look specifically at cultural and social memory in understanding Germany’s twentieth-century history. More generally, and in light of James Frey’s controversial autobiography, we will examine general assumptions around memory and the extent to which it can be accurately rendered.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies requirements for the Concentration in Film and Media Studies. (Not offered 2008-09.)
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GER 340 - Environmentalism on Film (in trans.) Instructor
McCarthy
Examines environmentalism in the German and American context via filmic representations and their part, in turn, in shaping national identity.
Prerequisites & Notes Satisfies requirements for the Concentration in Film and Media Studies and the Environmental Studies Concentration. (Fall)
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