Prerequisite: Graduate standing in German or consent of Program Director in German or consent of Graduate Advisor in the German Studies.
The course locates the present concentration of international research in the discipline and requires individual research, presentation of findings, and a substantive paper.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in German.
German poetry from the Baroque to the present.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in German.
The German Novella as a separate literary genre, represented by Goethe, Tieck, Kleist, Keller, Meyer, Storm, Spielhagen, Hesse, Kafka, Thomas Mann, and others.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German.
Literary trends of the 18th century, with emphasis on Lessing, Wieland, Klopstock, Herder, Goethe and Schiller and authors from "Sturm und Drang" to Romanticism.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German.
Representative literary works of the "Biedermeier," "Junges Deutschland" and "Poetischer Realismus" against the back-ground of the historical, philosophical, and cultural movements of the times.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German. Major .
German prose, drama, and poetry from Naturalism to the end of World War II.
May be repeatable for 6 units in different semesters.
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing in German.
Significant contemporary German writers of prose, drama and poetry in the context of the divided Germany.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: B.A. in German or equivalent.
Evaluation of various methods in interpreting a literary work of art; different levels of interpretation; concepts of literary movements; complexity of structure related to content; literary appreciation; introduction to bibliographical aids.
May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics. Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisities: B.A. in German or equivalent.
Exploration of topics in language, culture and literature.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes. Students with credit in GERM 511 may only have a total of 9 units of GERM 511 and GERM 598 combined.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and department chair.
Consent of instructor and chairperson or graduate advisor. Selected topics in German to be pursued in depth.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics. Letter grade only (A-F).
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 9 units in different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and department chair.
Required of all candidates for the master of arts in German who do not choose to write a thesis.
Letter grade only (A-F).
Prerequisite: Consent of graduate advisor.
Planning, preparation, and completion of a thesis. Does not count toward 30 units required for the M.A. degree.