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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, 263 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.

Spring 2013 topic:

GERM 313-01: German Literature, 1800-1850: German Romanticism. (4 credits) Our readings include theoretical writings that informed the Romantics’ aesthetic program (Novalis, Schlegel), as well as traditional and literary fairy tales (Grimms’ Maerchen and Tieck’s Der blonde Eckbert), poetry (Novalis, Eichendorff, Heine), and Novellen (Eichendorff’s Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts, Droste-Huelshoff’s Judenbuche). This course also helps students to improve their writing skills in German. (HL). Prager. Spring 2013 and alternate years
Prager.





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