# Genres and Special Topics ## expand\_more [### 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... [### FY Seminar 53H. Burnout: Quiet Quitting, Slacking Off, and Our Addiction to Achievement ](/class/fy-seminar-53h-burnout-quiet-quitting-slacking-and-our-addiction-achievement) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2024 Instructor Stewart Date/Time 9:45am - 11:45am Who hasn’t felt burnout? Who hasn’t felt it more acutely in the years since the pandemic? And who hasn’t struggled to define just what exactly this feeling is or where it comes from? This first-year seminar takes a close look at... [### 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 117. Minority Voices in German Literature 1750-present ](/class/german-117-minority-voices-german-literature-1750-present) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time TBA Instructor Sütterlin [### German 119b. Great Works, Short Texts: German Stories ](/class/german-119b-great-works-short-texts-german-stories) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time T 12:00PM - 2:00PM Instructor Dymek Close reading of stories by Schiller, Tieck, Kleist, Hoffmann, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Storm, Döblin, Kafka, Musil, Mann, Aichinger, and Bachmann. While the course focuses virtually entirely on the close reading of outstanding... [### German 182. Music, Literature, & the Voice ](/class/german-182-music-literature-voice) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2025 Instructor Hamilton Date/Time Th 12:45 - 2:45 pmSince antiquity, literary works have been drawn to music and the human voice: fascinated by their captivating force, seduced by their alluring charms, envious of their capacity to express the singularity of life and lived... [### 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 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 260. Writing the Body in the Posthuman Age ](/class/german-260-writing-body-posthuman-age) Day/Time This course is not being offered during the current academic year. Instructor Sütterlin Genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, smart surveillance – recent scientific and technological advancements have reconfigured our understanding of the human body and its... [### German 67. Essen, Fressen, Mahlzeit und Prost! Esskultur auf Deutsch ](/class/german-67-essen-fressen-mahlzeit-und-prost-esskultur-auf-deutsch) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2024 Instructor Pirozhenko Date/Time T TH 9:00 am - 10:15 am We need food to live. Consisting of protein, carbohydrates, fat, and other nutrients, food provides energy for our bodies. We have our own food preferences, dietary restrictions, family dishes, tastes, table manners... [### HIST. Varieties of Fascism: Histories, Theories, Controversies ](/class/hist-varieties-fascism-histories-theories-controversies) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2025 Instructor Gordon Date/Time W 9:45 - 11:45 pmThis conference course, for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, will examine the significance of fascism both past and present. We will explore its historical emergence, its variations across time and space, and the... [### 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 102. Scandinavian Folklore: Trolls, Trolldom and the Uses of Tradition ](/class/scandinavian-102-scandinavian-folklore-trolls-trolldom-and-uses-tradition) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2023 Day/Time R 12:00–2:45pm Instructor Mitchell Examines Nordic folklore and folklife, with an emphasis on narratives, supernatural beliefs, and material culture from the 15th to the early 20th centuries, interpreted against additional sources of information drawn from the... [### Scandinavian 150. The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Tradition ](/class/scandinavian-150-vikings-and-nordic-heroic-tradition) **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time TR 1:30–2:45pm Instructor Mitchell Examines the historical events in Europe A.D. 800 to A.D. 1100, and the resulting heroic legacy in medieval Icelandic sagas. The course focuses on Viking Age figures as warriors, kings, poets, outlaws and adventurers; pre-Christian... [### 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 99a. Tutorial - Senior Year ](/class/scandinavian-99a-tutorial-senior-year) **Year offered:** 2022 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. [### 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. [### Swedish 20a. Intermediate Swedish: Childhood in Swedish Literature and Culture ](/class/swedish-20a-intermediate-swedish-childhood-swedish-literature-and-culture) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2022 Day/Time TBA Instructor Broomé Sweden and Swedish Finland have produced some of the most translated and beloved works of children's fiction in the world. In this intermediate Swedish language course, we will review the essentials of Swedish grammar and vocabulary as we...