A reading of selected passages from the Iliad with attention to the poem’s structure and recurrent themes as well as to the society it reflects. Three class hours per week.
Requisite: GREE 212, 215, 217 or equivalent, or consent of the instructor. Spring semester. Professor D. Sinos.
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An introduction to Greek literature through a close reading of the Apology and selected other works of Attic prose of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. Additional readings in translation. Three class hours per week. Additional tutorial or exam sessions may be scheduled as necessary.
Requisite: GREE 111 or equivalent. Spring semester. Professor van den Berg.
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This course prepares students in one term to read Plato, Greek tragedy, Homer, and other Greek literary, historical, and philosophical texts in the original and also provides sufficient competence to read New Testament Greek. Three class hours per week.
In the Fall semester, this course is normally followed by GREE 212 and then GREE 215. In the Spring semester, this course is normally followed by GREE 215 and then GREE 212 or 318.
Fall semester: Professor Griffiths. Spring semester: Professor R. Sinos.
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Spring semester. The Department.
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Students who enroll in this course will likely encounter and be expected to engage in the following intellectual skills, modes of learning, and assessment: Emphasis on speaking and presentation skills, writing, and independent research. Students with documented disabilities who will require accommodations in this course should be in consultation with Accessibility Services and reach out to the professor as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations can be made in a timely manner.
Independent reading course.
Fall and spring semesters. The Department.
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Short, sweet, and smart, fables are one of the oldest and most successful genres in Western literature, if not the world. Since the eighteenth century, fable collections were some of the most-read books in the German language after the Bible. Talking creatures and a simple moral work to educate and delight audiences. Despite its reputation for simplicity, explaining the form's success is far from simple. What is a fable and what is not? Who writes fables, who reads them, and why? How do they reach their audiences? Is there such a thing as German fable, or is it all just Aesop redux?
This class centers on communicating in German: reading, listening, speaking, writing. Over the course of the semester, we will work towards Franz Kafka's classic, Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis). Our questions concern not only Kafka's characters and time, but are central in German culture today. Under the heading 'fremde Welten' (foreign/strange worlds), we will explore a variety of genres, images, and media from historical and contemporary sources.
(Offered as GERM 208, ENGL 275, and EUST 208) This course explores relationships to place, home, landscape, and belonging in Yiddish literature. From the Biblical Exodus to the Displaced Persons camps of post World War Two Europe, Jewish experience has been defined by exile, diaspora, displacement, and migration. A millennium before the “land of Israel” was a political reality, it was a spiritual longing for Jewish communities throughout Europe, for whom life in “exile”, in the diaspora, was an ongoing trial that would only end with the coming of Messiah.
Systematic review of grammar, aural and speaking practice, discussion of films and podcasts, and reading of selected texts in contemporary German. Stress will be on the acquisition and polishing of verbal, reading, writing, and comprehension skills in German. Two 75-minute meetings per week, plus one 50-minute meeting per week for additional practice with German language assistants.
Requisite: GERM 102 or two years of secondary-school German or equivalent.
Fall semester: Senior Lecturer Anna Schrade. Spring semester: Visiting Professor Karen Remmler.
A continuation of GERM 101, with increased emphasis on reading of selected texts. Three class meetings per week plus one additional conversation hour in small sections.
Requisite: GERM 101 or equivalent.
Fall semester: Senior Lecturer Anna Schrade. Spring semester: Visiting Assistant Professor Katy McNally.
How to handle overenrollment: German majors. Then first years, then second years, then third years.
