Sweet Briar College

2010-2011 Catalog No course being counted toward the V.3general education requirement may be taken ona P/CR/NC grading option.For beginners. Four class periods and two laboratoryperiods.Prerequisite: GRMN 101. A continuation of GRMN101. Four class periods and two laboratory periods.Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or placement. Formalstudy and practice in speaking, reading, writing,and understanding German. Regular laboratoryattendance is required.Prerequisite: GRMN 201. A continuation ofGRMN 201. Formal study and practice in speaking,reading, writing, and understanding German.Regular laboratory attendance is required. V.3.Prerequisite: GRMN 202 or placement. A studybased on readings and discussions of variousrepresentative works, chosen from various periodsand genres (poetry, drama, and prose).Student participation in discussion and practicein written and oral expression will be emphasized.Offered alternate years. V.2, V.3.Prerequisite: GRMN 202 or placement. Selectedreadings from literature of the period between1890 and 1933. Authors included are Kafka,Mann, Rilke, George Trakl, Hofmannsthal,Schnitzler, Heym, and Benn. Emphasis on thenovelle and lyric poetry. Offered alternate years.III.W, V.2, V.3.Prerequisite: GRMN 202 or placement. Germanliterature after 1945. Works of writers fromGermany, Switzerland, and Austria. Offeredalternate years. III.W, V.2, V.3.Prerequisites: GRMN 202 and permission ofthe instructor. Practice in written and oralexpression with discussions and essays basedon contemporary topics and literary selections.Offered alternate years. III.O, III.W, V.3.Prerequisite: GRMN 202. A study of varioushistorical, cultural, political, literary, and socialtrends in the German-speaking countries fromthe Middle Ages until 1900. Offered alternateyears. III.O, V.1, V.3.Prerequisite: GRMN 202. A study of varioushistorical, cultural, political, literary, andsocial trends in the German-speaking countriesafter 1900. Included will be a study ofGerman Nationalism, the “völkisch movement,”National Socialism, life in the post-wardivided country, and the German reunification.Offered alternate years. III.O, V.1, V.3.Prerequisite: GRMN 202. In this course studentswill view and discuss both older and morerecent German films. Emphasis will be placed onthe image these films portray of German societyduring the Weimar Period, the time of NationalSocialism, life in East and West Germany duringthe Cold War, and Germany since the reunification.Taught in English with a special discussionsession in German. May be counted toward theminor in film studies. May be counted toward themajors in German and German studies or minor inGerman for those who elect the German discussionsession and do all written work in German. Offeredalternate years. V.1, V.6a.Prerequisites: One GRMN course and permissionof the instructor. The study of introductorylevel material by an individual student or bya small group of students under the immediatesupervision of a faculty member.