2013-2014 University Catalog archived
German and Russian (GERM, RUSS)
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German (GERM), Russian (RUSS)
Honors: Qualified students may become candidates for Honors in German as early as the first term of their junior year; see department head for details.
Department Head: Roger A. Crockett
Faculty
First date is the year in which the faculty member began service as regular faculty at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.
Anna Brodsky, Ph.D.—(1994)-2000
Associate Professor of Russian
Ph.D., Yale University
Roger A. Crockett, Ph.D.—(1991)-1991
Professor of German
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Greta McCaughrin, M.A.—(1984)-1984
Instructor of Russian
M.A., Wayne State University
Russell A. Miller, J.D., M.A., LL.M.—(2008)-2008
Associate Professor of Law and Lecturer in Literature
J.D., Duke University
M.A., LL.M., J.W. Goethe University
Debra Prager, Ph.D.—(2005)-2013
Associate Professor of German
Ph.D., Harvard University
Paul Alan Youngman, Ph.D.—(2012)-2012
Associate Professor of German
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Major
Minor
GERM 111 - Elementary German I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
A course in elementary German which emphasizes the spoken language, as well as grammar and reading. Staff.
GERM 112 - Elementary German II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 111 or the equivalent. A course in elementary German which emphasizes the spoken language, as well as grammar and reading. Staff.
GERM 115 - Elementary German Conversation
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 112 or the equivalent. The course is designed to provide training in German conversation for students as a transition from the elementary to the intermediate level. Staff.
GERM 261 - Intermediate German I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: GERM 112, 115 or the equivalent. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, as well as reading and writing. The course also offers the student some acquaintance with German literature and culture. Staff.
GERM 262 - Intermediate German II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 261 or the equivalent. Emphasis on listening comprehension and speaking, as well as reading and writing. The course also offers the student some acquaintance with German literature and culture. Staff.
GERM 263 - Bavarian Spring Term: Intermediate German
FDR: FL
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and every three years
Prerequisites: GERM 111 and 112 completed with a grade of B (3.0) or better at W&L and approval of the International Education Committee. A period of direct exposure to the language at the intermediate level, and to the culture and people of Germany. The program includes supervised academic projects, lectures by native authorities, and other cultural activities. Additional details of the program, including some of special interest to students not majoring in German, are available from the department. Three credits may count toward major requirements. Staff.
GERM 264 - Bonn and Beyond: A Supervised Study Through Germany’s Rhineland
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and every third year.
Prerequisite: GERM 112 or equivalent, and the approval of the International Education Committee. Spring Term Abroad course. This intensive language course offers students an extended period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Germany. Students immerse themselves in the culturally rich environs of Bonn, Cologne, and Germany’s Rhineland, improving their language skills through extensive and innovative language instruction. Students also gain greater understanding of German history and contemporary culture through lectures by native authorities, tours of museums and churches, and through their contact with their host families as well as native German university students. Staff.
GERM 301 - German Conversation
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. An intensive course stressing development of active German skills through conversation and some writing on cultural and practical subjects. Staff.
GERM 302 - Business German
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Acquisition of specific vocabulary necessary to transact business in Germany or with German speakers. Readings in manufacturing, marketing, banking and the organization of the European Union. Business letter and résumé writing. Taught in German. Crockett.
GERM 303 - Bavarian Spring Term
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and every third year
Prerequisites: GERM 262 and approval of the International Education Committee. A period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Germany. The program includes supervised academic projects, lectures by native authorities, and other cultural activities. Additional details of the program, including some of special interest to students not majoring in German, are available from the department. Staff.
GERM 304 - Bonn and Beyond: A Supervised Study Through Germany’s Rhineland
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2014 and every third year.
Prerequisites: GERM 262 or equivalent, and the approval of the International Education Committee. Spring Term Abroad course. This intensive language course offers students an extended period of direct exposure to the language, culture, and people of Germany. Students immerse themselves in the culturally rich environs of Bonn, Cologne, and Germany’s Rhineland, improving their language skills through extensive and innovative language instruction. Students also gain greater understanding of German history and contemporary culture through lectures by native authorities, tours of museums and churches, and through their contact with their host families as well as native German university students. Staff.
GERM 311 - Advanced German
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Following a study of German phonology and the components of advanced German grammar, the course emphasizes spoken German, accompanied by written exercises. Youngman.
GERM 312 - Advanced German
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 311. A continuing course of advanced German with emphasis on the written language through composition and a study of stylistics. Advanced conversational material is drawn from topics relevant to contemporary life in the German-speaking world. Staff.
GERM 313 - German Literature, 1800-1850
FDR: HL
Credits: 3 credits in Fall or Winter; 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. This course is an introduction to German literature through close reading, analysis, and discussion of key German texts written from the early- to mid-19th century. Students become familiar with the development, characteristics, and themes of German literature in this period as well as methods and terms of literary criticism and interpretation (in both English and German). Conducted in German. Prager.
GERM 314 - German Literature, 1900-1945
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Readings in German fiction, essays, drama and poetry from the end of Naturalism through World War II. Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Rilke, Wedekind and Brecht are among the authors treated. Conducted in German. Crockett.
GERM 315 - German Literature, 1850-1900
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. Realism, Poetic Realism, and Naturalism. Grillparzer, Fontane, Keller, Storm, Meyer, and Hauptmann are among the authors read; study of the ballad as a literary form. Conducted in German. Prager.
GERM 316 - German Literature, 1945 to Present
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: GERM 262, 263 or equivalent, or instructor consent. Readings in German fiction, essays, drama and poetry from the end of World War II to the present. Böll, Grass, Seghers, Dürrrenmatt, Frisch, Wolf and Strauss among the authors treated. Conducted in German. Crockett.
GERM 318 - German Medieval and Renaissance Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: GERM 262 or equivalent. An examination of selected works and a study of literary history through the 16th century. Medieval literary readings include the Hildebrandslied, Nibelungenlied, Parzival, and Tristan, as well as the Minnesang. Consideration is also given to the history of the German literary language during the period covered. Conducted in German. Crockett.
GERM 320 - German Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Baroque and Aufklärung)
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisites: GERM 262 or equivalent. A study of representative works from the 17th and the first half of the 18th centuries, together with the literary history of the period and the history of the literary language. Conducted in German. Staff.
GERM 321 - Seminar: Special Topics in German Literature or Language
FDR: HL when the topic is literary
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 262 or equivalent. The focus shifts annually from the examination of a specific period or author to a study of a specified genre, such as the lyric or the Novelle. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
GERM 332 - Performing German
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 261 or instructor consent. The reading, interpretation, preparation and performance of one or more German-language dramas. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. A maximum of three credits may be used to meet major requirements. Crockett.
GERM 335 - German Playwriting
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: GERM 311 or instructor consent. A four-week intensive seminar, taught in German, which leads to the writing of a one-act play in German for possible production the following winter. A workshop with an established playwright and the reading of several successful German one -act plays provide the theoretical component. Students conceptualize and draft a one-act play in German of approximately thirty minutes in performance length. Through dramatic readings and peer review, students continue to modify and improve their manuscript to achieve the final, stage-worthy version. Crockett.
GERM 347 - The Age of Goethe: Sentimentalism to Sturm und Drang
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisites: GERM 311 and 312 or equivalent. A study of dramatic, expository, narrative, and poetic works by the young Goethe, Schiller, and their contemporaries. While emphasizing the historical and sociopolitical context of this aesthetically revolutionary period, this course examines Germany’s turn toward Sentimentalism that culminates in the Sturm und Drang movement. Regular expository writing in German and performing in debates or scenes are required. Conducted in German. Staff.
GERM 349 - The Age of Goethe: German Classicism
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisites: GERM 311 and 312 or equivalent. A course that examines the influence of Greece on German theoretical, dramatic, and poetic works by the mature Goethe, Schiller, and their contemporaries, especially Hölderlin and Kleist. By investigating the extent to which German writers embraced or rejected Winckelmann’s stoic vision of Greek art and culture, this course aims to refine our understanding of German Classicism. Regular expository writing in German and performing in debates or scenes are required. Conducted in German. Staff.
GERM 395 - Seminar
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: GERM 312 and instructor consent. A seminar on a particular author, period, or genre. The subject changes annually. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Conducted in German. Staff.
GERM 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. A course that permits students to follow a program of directed reading or research. The nature and content of the course is determined by their needs and by the instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
GERM 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. A course that permits students to follow a program of directed reading or research. The nature and content of the course is determined by their needs and by the instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
GERM 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. A course that permits students to follow a program of directed reading or research. The nature and content of the course is determined by their needs and by the instructors acquainted with their earlier preparation and performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Staff.
GERM 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Planned Offering: Fall-Winter
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Honors Thesis.
LIT 215 - 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: Completion of FW FDR requirement. Selected Russian literary masterpieces (short stories, plays and novels). Authors include Olesha, Babel, Nabokov, and Solzhenitsyn. Brodsky.
LIT 261 - Modern German Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A critical study of the novels, plays, stories, and poetry of such modernists as Kafka, Mann, Rilke, Wedekind, Kaiser, and Brecht and such contemporary masters as Bachmann, Bernhard, Frisch, Grass, Handke, and Weiss. Staff.
LIT 262 - German Literature Before 1900 in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Readings from Lessing, Goethe (Faust I and II ), Schiller, Romanticism, Realism, and Naturalism. Staff.
LIT 263 - 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. A study of major works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Brodsky.
LIT 363 - Russian Literature in Translation
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. An intensive study of a single Russian novelist to be selected. All readings and discussions in English. Brodsky.
RUSS 111 - Elementary Russian I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
A basic course in Russian which includes the spoken language, fundamental grammar and reading. G. McCaughrin.
RUSS 112 - Elementary Russian II
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 111 or its equivalent. A basic course in Russian which includes the spoken language, fundamental grammar and reading. G. McCaughrin.
RUSS 113 - Elementary Conversation
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisite: RUSS 112 or its equivalent. An activation and enrichment of vocabulary and grammatical structures already learned. Conversation and composition themes focus on everyday life in contemporary Russia. Conducted primarily in Russian. Rodionava.
RUSS 114 - Supervised Study Abroad: Elementary Russian
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: Instructor consent. This study abroad course includes spoken language, basic grammar, and reading and writing with an emphasis on contemporary culture. Brodsky.
RUSS 261 - Intermediate Russian I
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: RUSS 112 or its equivalent. Continuation of RUSS 112 with some attention to Russian literature and culture. Staff.
RUSS 262 - Intermediate Russian II
FDR: FL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 261 or its equivalent. Continuation of RUSS 261 with some attention to Russian literature and culture. Staff.
RUSS 263 - Supervised Study Abroad: Intermediate Russian
FDR: FL
Credits: 6
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 111 and 112 completed at W&L, instructor consent, and approval of the International Education Committee. This study abroad course includes speaking, reading and writing with an emphasis on contemporary culture. Brodsky.
RUSS 301 - Advanced Russian I
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. Speaking, reading and writing of Russian with increased attention to Russian literature and advanced grammar. Brodsky.
RUSS 302 - Advanced Russian II
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter
Prerequisite: RUSS 301. A continuation of RUSS 301. Brodsky.
RUSS 313 - Advanced Conversation
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 262 with a grade of B+ or better, or RUSS 302, or instructor consent. A course designed for the advanced language student with emphasis on conversation. Staff.
RUSS 315 - 19th-Century Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. The novels, plays, poetry, and literary movements of the 19th century. Authors examined include Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov. Conducted in Russian. Brodsky.
RUSS 316 - 20th-Century Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2014 and alternate years
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. The novels, plays, poetry, and literary movements of the 20th century. Solzhenitsyn, Babel, Platonov, Mandelshtam, and Tsvetaeva are examples of authors examined. Conducted in Russian. Brodsky.
RUSS 363 - Supervised Study Abroad
Credits: Not yet approved for new spring term. (was 6 or 3-3)
Planned Offering: Spring
Prerequisites: RUSS 262 or equivalent, instructor consent, and approval of the International Education Committee. A course designed to improve active oral proficiency in Russian and to introduce students to the culture and history of Russia. Classes are held at a prestigious Russian institution of higher education. Excursions are taken to major Russian cities and historic sites. Credits may be split between Russian and other disciplines with the approval of the departments involved. Staff.
RUSS 395 - Topics in Russian Literature
FDR: HL
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and department resources allow.
Prerequisite: RUSS 262 or equivalent. A seminar on a particular author, period, or genre. The subject changes annually. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different. Conducted in Russian. Staff.
RUSS 401 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
RUSS 402 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
RUSS 403 - Directed Individual Study
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Advanced study in Russian. The nature of the course will be determined by the students’ needs and by evaluation of their previous work. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different. Staff.
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