GERLIT 11SC: Scaling the Magic Mountain: Modernism and Its Discontents
A masterpiece of modernism, the novel looks back at the pre-WW I world to describe what had been lost, reflect on the causes of war, investigate the character of the modern world, and explore new cultural developments such as film and psychoanalysis. The continued presence of the past and the power of myth. German not required. (Berman)
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 2
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 110: Women and Protest Literature in Twentieth Century Germany and China (COMPLIT 136)
An examination of works of fiction by women writers in German and China, the authors' responses to similar conditions such as the rise of Communism, and their treatment of gender, modernity, tradition, identity, and individual vs. collective interests. Readings are in English translation. Film adaptations are viewed and discussed as well.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 118: Introduction to the Germanic Languages (GERLIT 218)
A comparative survey of the seven oldest Germanic languages (Gothic, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Low Franconian, Old High German). Lectures on comparative linguistics, runology, old Germanic poetry, historical syntax and more.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 120Q: Is God Dead? (COMPLIT 50Q)
A consideration of Nietzsche's claim that God is dead in relation to other texts of German literature and philosophy. The status of religious faith in relation to modernity and secularization; religion and science; culture and faith. Readings in German include selections from sacred and liturgical texts; fictional depictions of religious experience; religion in poetry; German theories of religion. Authors to be studied include Rilke, Hesse, Weiss, Schöder, Buber, Sachs, Haecker, Weber, Taubes, Ratzinger.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 122: Music, Poetry, and Prose
The goal of this class is to explore the relationship between music and literature. Looking at a range of literary and musical periods, how and to what effect did writers incorporate music into their texts? Conversely, how did composers transform literary texts by setting them to music? In addition to examining these questions from a cultural and historical standpoint, we will also take a closer look at the tension and interplay between music and text. Writers such as Luther, Schiller, Goethe, Heine, ETA Hoffmann, T. Mann and Brecht. Composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, and Weill. In German.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-4
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 123N: The Brothers Grimm and Their Fairy Tales
Historical, biographical, linguistic, and literary look at the Kinder- and Hausmarchen of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Readings from the fairy tales, plus materials in other media such as film and the visual arts. Four short essays, one or two oral reports. In German.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 125: 19th-Century Literature and Culture: Romanticism
Responses to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution; the aesthetic discourse of the sublime; women and romanticism. Redefinitions of identity and emancipation. Romantic philosophy and evaluations of art and music. Authors: Goethe, Hölderlin, Novalis, Hoffmann, Schlegel, Heine. Prerequisite: 3 or equivalent. (Eshel)
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 126Q: Reading German Literature: An Introduction
Preference to sophomores. The fundamental skills and concepts needed to read literature in German, strengthening language skills with an introduction to the central questions of literary study: how to interpret a text, the relationship between an author's intention and a reader's interest. Why does the literature of another age and another country continue to interest us and how does this distance influence our judgments? Authors: Luther, Goethe, Heine, Rilke, Kafka, and Brecht. Conducted primarily in German with short writing assignments. Prerequisite:
GERLANG 3 or equivalent.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 4
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 127A: The German Ballad
This course charts the history of the German ballad, from Goethe and Schiller, to Romantic and Realist poets - additional reading will attempt to contextualize the German ballad in the European context. Musical ballads and song arrangements will also be considered.
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3-5
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit
GERLIT 131A: Immigrant/Minority Literature and the Emergence of Multiculturalism in Germany
Immigrant culture and literature in Germany across genres, including stories, drama, memoirs, and film. What do immigrants in Germany write about? What role does immigrant literary culture play in the formation of notions of cultural difference and dialogue? How do the dynamics of ethnic and cultural diversity influence concepts and notions of culture and nationhood in Germany?
Terms: not given this year
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Units: 3
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UG Reqs: GER:DBHum
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit