# Fall 2023 Courses [### FRSEMR 63L. Memory Wars: Cultural Trauma and the Power of Literature ](/class/frsemr-63l-memory-wars-cultural-trauma-and-power-literature) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time W 3:00–5:00pm Instructor Sütterlin How do we respond to a traumatic event? Denial, acceptance, blame, reconciliation… there are many stances we can take toward a harmful act we have experienced or committed in the past. When entire populations have suffered or... [### GENED 1043. American Dreams Made in Hollywood ](/class/gened-1043-american-dreams-made-hollywood) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM Instructor TBA Is the so-called American dream dead? The notion once essentialized the grand promise of a better, fuller, and richer life. At the present moment, however, it seems to have lost its evocative power as a collective myth. In a time... [### German 10a. Beginning German ](/class/german-10a-beginning-german) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MTWTH 9:00AM - 10:00AM MTWTH 10:30AM - 11:30AM MTWTH 12:00PM - 1:00PM MTWTH 1:30PM - 2:30PM Instructor Staff An introduction to German language and culture for students with no knowledge of the language. Students develop basic communication competencies (spoken and... [### German 10ab. Beginning Intensive German ](/class/german-10ab-beginning-intensive-german) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MWTH 9:00AM - 10:15AM Instructor Staff A complete first-year course in one term for students with little or no knowledge of German. Provides an introduction to language and culture of the German-speaking countries. Students develop basic communication competencies... [### German 115. Deutsche Komödie ](/class/german-115-deutsche-komodie) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MW 3:00PM - 4:15PM Instructor Lisa Parkes What provokes laughter in German culture? This course explores the genre of German-language comedy through major dramatists, satirists, stand-up comedians, and comedic film. Introduction to techniques and theories of comedy... [### German 126. The Magic World of Fairy Tales ](/class/german-126-magic-world-fairy-tales) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM Instructor Pirozhenko In this course, we will get to know Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and their methods to collect, edit, and publish fairy tales and we will reflect on their legacy. We will read and discuss fairy tales written by E.T.A. Hoffmann... [### German 140. German Social Thought, Nietzsche to Habermas ](/class/german-140-german-social-thought-nietzsche-habermas) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MW 10:30AM - 11:45AM Instructor Gordon A philosophical and historical survey of major debates in modern German social theory over the span of a century, from Nietzsche's anti-foundationalist critique of morality and truth to Habermas's attempt to rebuild a pragmatic... [### German 154. The Frankfurt School on Film and Mass Culture ](/class/german-154-frankfurt-school-film-and-mass-culture) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time T 12:45PM - 2:45PM Instructor TBA This seminar considers the Frankfurt School's deliberations on film, radio, television, and mass culture. We will devote the majority of the course to three seminal figures: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and T. W. Adorno... [### German 188. Angst, Sex, and Dreams The Psychoanalytic Worlds of Freud, Kafka, and Bachmann ](/class/german-188-angst-sex-and-dreams-psychoanalytic-worlds-freud-kafka-and-bachmann) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time W 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Instructor Stewart This course examines three German-language writers whose works establish foundational critiques of modern Western society. Why do we all seem to feel so discontent? What explains the differences between our conscious and... [### German 194. Public Urban Media ](/class/german-194-public-urban-media) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time Th 12:00 pm - 2:45 pm Instructor Struck The public is where we see and meet others or avoid them—on squares, in the subway, in cafés… But how are these places constructed that we necessarily inhabit? What do they allow for, and what do they prevent? What about the... [### German 199. Freedom: A Transatlantic Affair ](/class/german-199-freedom-transatlantic-affair) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time M 12:45PM – 2:45 PM Instructor CarranzaThe brilliantly witty German physicist and satirical author Georg Christoph Lichtenberg once remarked that "The American who first discovered Columbus made a horrible discovery" ("Der Amerikaner, der den Kolumbus zuerst... [### German 20a. Intermediate German ](/class/german-20a-intermediate-german) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MWF 9:00AM – 10:15AM MWF 10:30AM – 11:45AM Instructor Staff This third-semester language course offers a thorough review and practice of grammar and an expansion of vocabulary. Focus on enhancing students' communicative competencies in all four skill areas... [### German 20ab. Intermediate Intensive German ](/class/german-20ab-intermediate-intensive-german) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time MTWTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM Professor Staff A complete second-year course in one term for students with basic knowledge of German. Focus on enhancing students' communicative competencies in all four skill areas. Introduction to various cultural topics of the German... [### German 20b. Intermediate German ](/class/german-20b-intermediate-german) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time MWF 12:00-1:15pm Professor Staff This second-semester intermediate course is a continuation of 20a. Further review and practice of grammar and expansion of vocabulary.Focus on enhancing students' communicative competencies. Introduction to various cultural topics of... [### GERMAN 229. Deceit, Desire, & Bildung: Goethe's Novels ](/class/german-229-deceit-desire-bildung-goethes-novels) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time W 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Instructor Carranza This seminar will be centered on a close reading of Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre with glimpses at select excerpts from the sequel, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre. We will also take the opportunity of this engagement with two very... [### German 291. Questions of Theory ](/class/german-291-questions-theory) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time T 12:00–2:45pm Instructor Sütterlin To explore key literary, cultural and critical theories, we pose questions through readings of classic and contemporary theorists, from Aristotle to Kant, Schiller, Arendt, Barthes, Foucault, Glissant, Ortiz, Kittler, and Butler... [### German 61. Advanced Grammar and Reading ](/class/german-61-advanced-grammar-and-reading) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TTh 12:00PM – 1:15 PM Instructor Dymek Advanced language instruction through systematic study of the rules of grammar, their nuances, and their exceptions. Application of this knowledge through the meticulous reading and parsing of selections from sophisticated... [### German 90R. Germanic Language Tutorial: Dutch ](/class/german-90r-germanic-language-tutorial-dutch) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TBA Instructor TBA Individualized study of Dutch at the elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. Contact hours with language coach. Emphasis on literacy. [### German 91R. Supervised Reading and Research ](/class/german-91r-supervised-reading-and-research) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TBA Instructor TBA Advanced reading in topics not covered in regular courses. [### German 99a. Tutorial - Senior Year ](/class/german-99a-tutorial-senior-year) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TBA Instructor Parkes Open to concentrators writing an honors thesis under faculty supervision. Students are expected to enroll for the entire year. Permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies is required. Part one of a two-part series. [### German AX. German for Reading Knowledge ](/class/german-ax-german-reading-knowledge) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TTh 10:30-11:45am Instructor Stewart Development of reading proficiency for students with little or no knowledge of German. Emphasizes translation of academic German prose into English. [### MBB 980BB. Your Brain on Poetry ](/class/mbb-980bb-your-brain-poetry) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time M 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Instructor Dymek Poetry is a powerful tool for expressing and exploring the human experience. But what is it about poetry that allows it to connect with us so deeply? What can we learn about the workings of the brain, the mind, and the nature of... [### Scandinavian 160. Intro to Old Norse: Folklore, Philology, and Performance ](/class/scandinavian-160-intro-old-norse-folklore-philology-and-performance) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time T Th 9:00 am - 10:45 Instructor Mitchell This course introduces participants to the languges of medieval Scandinavia, focusing on the West Norse dialects of Iceland and Norway, with additional attention to the East Norse vernaculars of Sweden and Denmark, as well as... [### Scandinavian 90r.a. Danish ](/class/scandinavian-90ra-danish) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time Section 01: M 5:30–7:00pm Section 02: T 7:00–9:00pm Section 03: T 4:30–5:45pm Instructor TBA Individualized study of Danish at the elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. Contact hours with language coach. Emphasis on literacy. [### Scandinavian 90r.b. Finnish ](/class/scandinavian-90rb-finnish) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time TBA Instructor TBA Individualized study of Finnish at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels. Contact hours with a language coach. Emphasis on literacy. [### Scandinavian 90r.c. Norwegian ](/class/scandinavian-90rc-norwegian) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time Section 01: TR 1:30–2:45pm Section 02: MW 10:30–11:45am Section 03: MW 12:00pm–1:15pm Instructor TBA Individualized study of Norwegian at the elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. Contact hours with language coach. Emphasis on literacy. [### Scandinavian 91r. Supervised Reading and Research ](/class/scandinavian-91r-supervised-reading-and-research) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2020 Day/Time TBA Instructor TBA [### Scandinavian 97. Tutorial - Sophomore Year ](/class/scandinavian-97-tutorial-sophomore-year) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time TBA Instructor Broomé Group or individual tutorial designed to supplement course work and acquaint students with appropriate analytical methods. Open to concentrators in the Scandinavian option. Permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Scandinavian... [### Scandinavian 98. Tutorial - Junior Year ](/class/scandinavian-98-tutorial-junior-year) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time TBA Instructor Broomé Group or individual tutorial designed to supplement course work and to develop analytical techniques. Open to concentrators in the Scandinavian option. Permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Scandinavian required. [### Scandinavian 99b. Tutorial - Senior Year ](/class/scandinavian-99b-tutorial-senior-year) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time TBA Instructor Broomé Open to concentrators writing an honors thesis under faculty supervision. Students are expected to enroll for the entire year. Part two of a two part series. Permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Scandinavian required. - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")