2008-2009 Catalog - Virginia Wesleyan College

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES99212 Intermediate German II (3) (C)For the student who has attained the GER 211 oral andwritten proficiency (three college semesters) but who nowdesires to increase his/her fluency in speaking as well aswriting. Extensive oral-aural practice prepares the studentfor upper-level courses as well as travel or study abroad.Required lab. Prerequisite: GER 211 (with a grade of C orbetter) or proficiency as determined by the instructor.Offered each spring.240/340 German Cinema:Art and Politics (3)(A) WFrom early silent films, through the time of Hitler, tothe present, German cinema has reflected the challengesand tensions involved when art is shaped by politics. Bylooking at German film in general—and at the Weimar andNew German Cinema in particular—this course focuses onthe aesthetics, history, and politics of German cinema.(Taught in English. Movies will be screened outside ofclass.) Identical to POLS 240/340.244 German Women Filmmakers:The Search for Identity (3)(A) W(Winter Session)Introduces students to leading German womenfilmmakers and their contributions. Since 1968 there hasbeen a marked shift in German film. Students focus in parton those German women filmmakers whose works haveshaped filmic innovation and perceptions of women, andspecifically on how issues of identity—national, religious,and gender—have been represented by such directors asDoris Dörrie (Men), Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa),and Margarethe von Trotta (Rosenstrasse). Taught inEnglish. Offered in selected Winter Sessions.305, 306 Advanced Conversation &Composition I, II (3, 3)(C) WFor the student who wants to acquire skill in practicalconversation and writing. Strongly recommended for thosestudents who either wish to travel abroad or who desire totake upper-level German literature courses. Prerequisite:GER 212 or equivalent.313 Cultural & Intellectual History of GermanyFrom the Germanic Tribes toStorm & Stress (3)(H)Gives the student a well-rounded knowledge of Germany,its people, history, philosophy, literature, and artsfrom the times of Germanic tribes to the times of stormand stress. Prerequisite: GER 306 or consent. Offered ondemand.314 Cultural & Intellectual History of Germany:From Romanticism to the Present (3) (H)Same orientation as GER 313 with topics selected fromthe period of Romanticism to the present. Prerequisite:GER 306 or consent. Offered on demand.315 German Literature: Early GermanicTimes to Age of Goethe (3)Provides an overview of literary history in the pertinenttime period in terms of movements, genres, authors, etc.,against the background of German life as a whole.Prerequisite: GER 306 or equivalent. Offered on demand.316 German Literature: Romanticism toPresent Day (3)Same orientation as GER 315. Prerequisite: GER 306 orequivalent. Offered on demand.325 The German Novelle (3)The development of the German Novelle. Readingsfrom Goethe, Storm A. von Droste-Hülshoff, Kleist,Hauptmann, Keller, Mann and Hugo von Hofmannsthal.Prerequisite: GER 306 or equivalent. Offered on demand.326 The German Novel (3)The development of the German Novel. Readings fromGoethe, Novalis, Eichendorff, Stifter, Fontane, ThomasMann, Kafka, Döblin, Böll, and Wolf.329 Modern German Literature (3)A careful reading and discussion of 20th centuryGerman plays, novels and short stories with an emphasis oncontemporary works. Representative authors such asChrista Wolf, Martin Walser, Max Frisch, ChristineBrückner, Günther Grass and Heinrich Böll. Prerequisite:GER 306 or equivalent. Identical to ENG 329. Offered ondemand.333 Business German (3)Introduces students to the “business language” necessaryfor working in the business world in Germany. An emphasisis given to cultural aspects of the German business world.Prerequisite: GER 305 or 306, or consent. Offered ondemand.430 The German Comedy (3)A history and study of the German comedy.Representative readings from Lessing, Kleist, Tieck,Grabbe, Hauptmann, and Sternheim. Prerequisite: GER306 or equivalent. Offered on demand.443 Senior Seminar (3)Each student studies the life and work of a major writer,and is responsible for learning about the intellectual climatein which the author wrote, i.e., the history, literature andphilosophical trends of the era. Prerequisite: GER 314 or316 or consent. Offered on demand.471 Practicum in the Teaching of German (3)Students study in a workshop setting the teaching ofgrammar, of writing, and of speaking German. Studentsalso serve as assistants and tutors in GER 111, 112, and 211.Prerequisites: GER 306 or must be capable of usingthe German language effectively and consent. Offeredevery year.