Verbal and written participation is required. Offers the opportunity to study either a single author in-depth or to follow a specific theme which may extend over a brief period or over centuries. Course material is often supplemented by recordings and cinematic representations. Concentrates on a specific literary movement such as Romanticism, Realism, Expressionism, or on a period such as the Baroque, the Enlightenment, or the Weimar period. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.
Students arrange with individual faculty members to study literature outside the regular curriculum.
Students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake study in areas outside the regular curriculum. Study of the contextual and stylistic features of German cinema of the 1970s and 1980s. Focus is on methods of film analysis and on film criticism. This course will meet partial credit for the German literature requirement. Further practice in a relaxed and unstructured environment may be achieved by participation in social settings off-campus.