A three-semester course designed to cover thoroughly the basic elements of German grammar. Although all four language skills are developed, the active skills of speaking and understanding are emphasized. Development of oral expression and aural comprehension in everyday German language. Texts from a variety of styles and historical periods. Methods of analysis through written composition.
Course includes extensive composition practice.
Representative works in all genres. The spirit of German Realism as reflected in the Novellen by Stifter, Keller, Meyer, Storm, etc. Selected 18th-century works of prose, poetry, and drama by Klopstock, Lessing, Herder, Goethe, and Schiller. 306 - Romanticism Selected works of prose, poetry, and drama. Readings include Goethe's Faust and the Romanticists.