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261S. Second Language Acquisition Theory and Practice. Overview of current research
in the fields of second language acquisition and foreign language pedagogy, and its
implications for the teaching of the German language, literature, and culture at all levels.
Readings and discussions on competing theories of language acquisition and learning, issues
of cultural identity and difference, learner styles, and the teaching of language as culture;
training in contemporary teaching techniques and approaches. Instructor: Walther. 3 units.
C-L: Linguistics 261S
264S. Research without Borders:Building Expertise in Japanese, European, Latin
American, or Slavic Studies. 3 units. C-L: see Latin American Studies 202S; also C-L:
Asian and African Languages and Literature 207S, Russian 203S, Romance Studies 202S
270. Consciousness and Modern Society. The German tradition of political theory
conceptualizing social transformation through consciousness both of alienation and of
ethical ideals; the ongoing debate between activist and radically critical perspectives. Marx,
Nietzsche, Lukacs, Freud, Benjamin, Adorno, Marcuse, and Habermas. Taught in English.
Instructor: Rolleston. 3 units. C-L: Literature 270
275S. Hegel's Political Philosophy (C-N). Within context of Hegel's total philosophy, an
examination of his understanding of phenomenology and the phenomenological basis of
political institutions and his understanding of Greek and Christian political life. Selections
from Phenomenology, Philosophy of History, and Philosophy of Right. Research paper
required. Instructor: Gillespie. 3 units. C-L: Political Science 236S, Philosophy 236S
276S. Nietzsche's Political Philosophy (C-N). 3 units. C-L: see Political Science 226S; also
C-L: Philosophy 237S
285S. Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century German Culture. Literature and
science writing by literary figures (such as Goethe, Novalis, Kleist, Stifter, Musil), the social
history of technology, the history of science (especially physics, anthropology, and biology),
and philosophy (such as Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Weber). The German historical context as
seen from contemporary American and German understandings. Taught in English, with an
optional German section for those reading in the original. Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L:
Biology 257S
286S. Inventing the Museum: Collecting and Cultural Discourses of the Nineteenth
Century. Examines the rise of the German public museum in its European cultural contexts
in the nineteenth century. Uses history and theories of collecting and exhibiting to explore
intersecting discourses of architecture, art history, cultural history, literature, and politics
that constitute the museum and delineate its privileged place in nineteenth-century German
and European culture. Introduces methods for using primary sources in cultural studies
research and the study of literature in terms of collecting and exhibiting. Taught in English.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units. C-L: Art History 256S, History 286AS, Romance Studies 286S
298S. Special Topics. Special topics in German literature and cultural studies. Taught in
English. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
299S. Seminar in German Studies. Review of current debates and historical perspectives
in the German cultural field, structured through contributing disciplines: social and
economic history, political theory and history, literature, fine arts, music, philosophy, and
religion. Team-taught, involving a wide range of faculty in the German Studies Program.
Taught in English. Instructor: Donahue, Rolleston, and staff. 3 units. C-L: International
Comparative Studies 280ES
300S. The Discipline of Germanistik: A Historical Survey. A study of trends in scholarly
criticism within the context of German culture and politics beginning in the 1810s with the
origins of Germanistik as a university discipline. Topics may include: the invention of
philology and the romantic enterprise; positivism and Geistesgeschichte; the politics of
Germanistik, 1933-45; Germanistik in Europe and the United States after 1945. Instructor:
Borchardt or Rasmussen. 3 units.
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