# Undergraduate Courses ## 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... [### 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 100. Introduction to German Literature and Thought ](/class/german-100-introduction-german-literature-and-thought) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time TBA Instructor Carranza A survey course on major works in German literature, philosophy, and critique from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Close reading of representative texts opens onto broader ramifications in cultural and intellectual... [### German 100x. Introduction to German Literature, History, and Thought ](/class/german-100x-introduction-german-literature-history-and-thought) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2025 Instructor Sütterlin Date/Time W 3:00 - 5:00 pm A survey course on major works in German literature, philosophy, and critique from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Close reading of representative texts opens onto broader ramifications in cultural and... [### German 107. The Self in German Idealism ](/class/german-107-self-german-idealism) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Instructor Dymek Day/Time T 12:00 - 2:00 pm What defines the self? In this course, we take a close look at the intricate philosophical investigations regarding the self within German Idealism. We study pivotal works by key figures like Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte... [### 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 120. The Age of Goethe ](/class/german-120-age-goethe) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2025 Instructor Burgard Day/Time T 12:00–2:45pmMajor movements in German literature and thought from the mid-18th to early 19th century: Enlightenment, Sentimentalism, Storm and Stress, Classicism, Romanticism. Readings include Kant, Klopstock, Lessing, Goethe, Lenz, Schiller... [### 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 145. German and Austrian Modernism: Architecture, Art, Literature ](/class/german-145-german-and-austrian-modernism-architecture-art-literature) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time MW 10:30AM - 11:45AM Instructor Burgard Explores the radical break with traditions of thinking, building, seeing, and representing that occurred at the end of the 19th-century in Germany and Austria, and the new forms of architecture, painting, and literature to... [### German 150. Under Surveillance: Media, Security, and the Loss of Privacy ](/class/german-150-under-surveillance-media-security-and-loss-privacy) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time M 12:45PM - 2:45PM Instructor TBA With a camera positioned at the entrance to the director’s factory, Louis Lumière’s famous early film of 1895, La Sortie de l’usine Lumière à Lyon, captured workers as they left for the day. Today, surveillance practices have... [### 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 159. 100 Years of Queer German Cinema ](/class/german-159-100-years-queer-german-cinema) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2025 Instructor Dymek Date/Time W 12:00 - 2:45 pm German Queer cinema played a pivotal role in the emergence of LGBTQ+ representation on celluloid. We’ll delve into the groundbreaking contributions of German filmmakers, exemplified by productions like Richard Oswald’s seminal... [### German 179. Austrian History in Literature ](/class/german-179-austrian-history-literature-0) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2024 Instructor Frank Johnson Date/Time T 12:45 - 2:45 pm This course uses Austrian literature to think through some of the most pressing questions of modern European (and, specifically, Austrian) history. We will read some of the greatest novels and novellas in modern German... [### German 181. Walter Benjamin’s Theory of Modernity: History, Language, Technology, Catastrophe ](/class/german-181-walter-benjamins-theory-modernity-history-language-technology-catastrophe) **Year offered:** 2024 Instructor Stewart Date/Time W 3:00 - 5:00 pm Although he is arguably one of the most influential Western thinkers of the 20th century, what does Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) have to teach the 21st century? A great deal, it turns out. For the questions about history, language... [### 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 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 219. German Poetry ](/class/german-219-german-poetry) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time M 3:00 pm - 5:45 pm Instructor Burgard Close readings of 24 poems representing the best of modern German poetry. Readings in German, discussions in English. All of the poems are short, allowing us to achieve both breadth and depth and allowing those students who can... [### 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 62. Advanced Conversation and Composition: Berlin Stories ](/class/german-62-advanced-conversation-and-composition-berlin-stories) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time TTh 10:30AM – 11:45AM Instructor Pirozhenko This course is designed to further students' spoken and written German at the advanced level. Students will analyze and practice the stylistic and rhetorical features of various written and spoken genres. By focusing on... [### 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... [### German 98. Junior Tutorial ](/class/german-98-junior-tutorial) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 Day/Time TBA Instructor Dymek Individualized course of study developed by junior concentrators in German to explore a particular field of interest, and ordinarily directed by a member of the faculty. The tutorial culminates in a longer paper (of 15-20 pages, in English). [### 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 99b. Tutorial - Senior Year ](/class/german-99b-tutorial-senior-year) **Semester:** Spring **Year offered:** 2024 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 two of a two-part series. [### HIST 1265. Germany, 1848-1949 ](/class/hist-1265-germany-1848-1949) **Semester:** Fall **Year offered:** 2024 Instructor Frank Johnson Date/Time T Th 10:30 - 11:45 am German History loomed like a specter over the twentieth century. In the twenty-first century, Americans have been debating the relevance and legitimacy of comparisons between German history and our contemporary world... [### 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... - 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")