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Graduate Courses 2007/08 Fall Quarter 15-GRMN-501: Survey of German Literature I, Professor Manfred Zimmermann Introduction to German literature from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period. Open to advanced undergraduate student and incoming graduate students. T H 2-3:20 15-GRMN-739: Focus Course/ W. G. Sebald (Listed as “Topics in 20th-Century Literature), Professor Sara Friedrichsmeyer Even before his death in 2001, W. G. Sebald was hailed by many literary critics both in this country and abroad as one of the most significant German-language writers of the late 20th century. This course will focus on Sebald's major literary texts (Nach der Natur; Schwindel. Gefühle; Die Ausgewanderten; Ringe des Saturn; and Austerlitz) as well as on his essayistic and critical works as we explore this writer's major themes, his creative concerns, and his position in contemporary German literature. T 4-6:20 15-GRMN-746: Focus Course/The Historical Novel, Professor Katharina Gerstenberger The Historical Novel has made a come-back in contemporary German literature. Combining fact and fiction, the genre aspires to a higher degree of realism than other novel forms while at the same time taking literary license with historical events. This seminar offers an introduction to the Historical Novel and asks why and in what form it returns in recent literature. Participants will read historical novels (excerpts, in some cases!) from the early 19th to the early 21st century. Readings also include theoretical works on the subject. Books: Sir Walter Scott, Waverley; Theodor Fontane, Schach von Wuthenow; Wilhelm Raabe, Das Odfeld; Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Der Heilige; Alfred Döblin, Wallenstein; Patrick Süskind, Das Parfüm; Daniel Kehlmann, Die Vermessung der Welt; Hugo Aust, Der historische Roman (Metzler) M 4-6:20 15-GRMN-832: Research Seminar/ Approaches to G. Grass's "Die Blechtrommel,” Professor Richard Schade A close examination of what is often considered to be the most important novel in post-war Germany. Various methodologies will be applied, not only to gain an understanding of the novel's contents, but also to test the validity of inter- pretive approaches, to include intermedial (art & literature) techniques. W 4:00-6:20
15-HIST716: Focus Course/European Studies/Fall Graduate Workshops, Jews in European Culture, Professor Willard Sunderland (History) The European Studies bi-weekly workshops to be offered during Autumn Quarter, 2007 which focus on the broad topic of Jews in European Culture will include presentations by Maura O’Connor (History) on “European Jews and the London Stock Exchange in the Nineteenth Century,” Willard Sunderland (History) on “Jews and Modernity: The Russian Experience”, Gila Safran Naveh (Judaic Studies) on “The Holocaust: Current Historical and Filmic Interpretations”, Maria Romagnoli (English and Comparative Literature) on “Jewish writers in twentieth century Italy between assimilation and anti-Semitism”, and Katharina Gerstenberger (German Studies) on “Jewish Berlin—Fantasy and Realities of the 1990s”. The workshops are intended to provide graduate students with a rich interdisciplinary perspective on issues related to the Jewish experience in the framing of modern European society. F 3:00-5:00 15 SWLC 751: Language Teaching Methods, Professor Fenfang Hwu (Romance Languages and Literatures) COURSE DESCRIPTION A discussion of the theoretical issues relating to the teaching and learning of other languages, their practical implications for classroom instruction, and the methods and techniques for communicative language teaching. LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will be able to critically evaluate existing teaching practices and materials based on their understanding of theory and research. Students will be able to develop teaching materials for the classroom, which are informed by theory and research in second language acquisition. Students will be able to provide second language learners with strategies that can lead to successful learning. W 3:00-4:50 15 SWLC 801: Introduction to Literary Theory, Professor Therese Migraine-George (Romance Languages and Literatures) This class will be a survey of literary theory, from classical theory (Plato, Aristotle) to contemporary critical discourses (such as postcolonial and cultural studies). The readings will be organized both chronologically and thematically (around some issues and topics in literary theory). Book: "The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism" (Ed. Vincent B. Leitch) T 3:00-4:50 *** Winter Quarter
15-GRMN-502: Survey of German Literature II, Professor Katharina Gerstenberger Introduction to German literature from the Enlightenment period to Realism. Open to advanced undergraduate student and incoming graduate students. T H 2-3:20 15-GRMN-719: Focus Course/Literary Nationalism, Professor Sara Friedrichsmeyer 15-GRMN-704: Focus Course/ Advanced Middle High German, Professor Manfred Zimmermann 15-GRMN-833: Research Seminar/ Günter Grass (continuation from previous quarter), Professor Richard Schade 15-EUST-711: Focus Course/European Studies: War And Peace In Early Modern Europe, Professor Sigrun Haude (History) The roots of modern Europe lie in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The sixteenth century brought momentous changes in religion, politics, economics, culture, and science, but society did not come to terms with these new dynamics until the seventeenth century, when it finally made some fundamental choices about the future course of Europe. During this period, we see both the vitality that comes with new ideas and possibilities as well as the anxiety that they unleashed. The decision process over the future course of Europe was accompanied by a great unsettledness that is reflected in the wars, in the visual arts, and in literature. This course wants to explore the conflicting ideas and realities that brought about the first European war, concepts of peace, and the emergence of a new Europe. We will examine a range of aspects that had an impact on war and peace in Europe: the complex system of communication, the military revolution, the religious landscape, the political dynamic, as well as literary and artistic voices. We will furthermore explore how people dealt with war and peace. These various aspects will be studied in an interdisciplinary framework. The course consists of two sequences. During the first quarter, we will be reading secondary and primary literature pertinent to the various aspects mentioned above. During the second quarter, students will work on their research paper. During several meetings as a group and with the professor, the student will develop a project and a research paper. A form of this research project will be presented at the graduate student conference that will be held at the end of the spring quarter. Readings: Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe (New York: Oxford University Press, 1975). Frank Tallett, War and Society in Early Modern Europe, 1495-1715 (London: Routledge, 1992). (a more extensive list will provided) M 3-5:20 p.m. 15 SWLC 752: Second Language Acquisition Theory, Professor Fenfang Hwu (Romance Languages and Literatures) M W 2-2:50 p.m.
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15-GRMN-503: Survey of German Literature III, Professor Sara Friedrichsmeyer Introduction to German literature from the Naturalism to the present. Open to advanced undergraduate students and incoming graduate students.
15-EUST-712: Focus Course/European Studies: War And Peace In Early Modern Europe, Professor Sigrun Haude (History) (continuing course, so NO new students admitted) 15-GRMN-7xx: Focus Course "Die Klassiker im deutschen Regietheater der Gegenwart.“ Professor Gabriele Dürbeck (Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor)
- G. E. Lessing: "Emilia Galotti" in der Inszenierung von Andrea Breth, Burgtheater Wien (2003) - Friedrich Schiller: "Kabale und Liebe" Verfilmung unter der Regie von Leander Haußmann (2005) - J. W. v. Goethe: "Faust 1" in der Inszenierung von Michael Thalheimer, Deutsches Theater Berlin (2004) - Heinrich v. Kleist: "Der Zerbrochene Krug" in der Inszenierung von Jan Bosse, Schauspiel Zürich (2006) Empfohlene Literatur zu Theorie und Geschichte des Dramas: Pfister, Manfred: Das Drama. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag 81994 (= utb 580) Fischer-Lichte: Kurze Geschichte des deutschen Theaters. Tübingen, Basel: Francke 1993 (= utb 1667)
15-GRMN-7xx: Focus Course "Machen Sie was Sie wollen" – Elfriede Jelinek und das Postdramatische Theater. Professor Gabriele Dürbeck (Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor)
Jelinek wird in der Theaterkritik als 'unangefochtene Dramatikerin der neunziger Jahre' gewürdigt. Viele ihre Stücke haben sich gerade durch ein starkes Regietheater, das sich kritisch und äußerst provokativ mit ihren Texten auseinandersetzt, eine breitere öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit erobert. Im Mittelpunkt des Seminars stehen ausgewählte neuere Stücke Elfriede Jelineks, die großteils nicht mehr Theaterstücke im herkömmlichen Sinne zu nennen sind: selten ist eine Handlung auszumachen, die Figuren sind entidividualisiert und häufig sind die Texte monologisch gestaltet. Die Textherstellung – ein 'musikalischer Fluss von Stimmen und Gegenstimmen' – geht auf die frühere Avantgarde wie Dadaismus und Surrealismus sowie die Popliteratur der 50er und 60er Jahre zurück. Mit der Collage und Montage von Zitaten aus der Warenwelt und Versatzstücken aus Literatur, Philosophie, Politik und Medien versucht Elfriede Jelinek die Ideologisierungen der Sprache sichtbar zu machen und zu denunzieren, um dadurch radikale Gesellschaftskritik zu üben. Wie wird dieses Ziel im Regietheater umgesetzt? Widersprechen die von der Autorin intendierte Gesellschafts- und Ideologiekritik nicht der Tendenz des Postdramatischen Theaters, das die Repräsentationsfunktion der Bühne als die 'Bretter der Welt' verleugnet und eindeutig bestimmbare Bedeutungszusammenhänge in der Vielfalt der theatralischen Zeichen auflöst? Im Seminar behandelt werden folgende Stücke Elfriede Jelineks und deren durch die Theaterkritik gefeierte und vielfach ausgezeichnete Inszenierungen:
Von allen Inszenierungen existieren Fernsehaufzeichnungen von sehr guter technischer Qualität, die im Seminar besprochen werden. Theaterkritiken, Programmhefte sowie Essays der Autorin zum Theater, die als Reader zu Beginn des Seminars bereit gestellt werden, sollen in die Analyse einbezogen werden.
15 SWLC 753: Computer Assisted Language Learning, Professor Fenfang Hwu (Romance Languages and Literatures)
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