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Program Requirements
This is offered as a special program for students who already possess the necessary language skills before coming to McGill, or have acquired the competence by completing the intensive sequence (GERM 200 and GERM 300) as elective courses in their first year.
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration German Language and Literature.
Required Course (6 credits)
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GERM 325 German Language - Intensive Advanced (6 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course aims at developing post-intermediate proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on oral and written expression. Special attention is given to word formation and to the proper choice of grammatical structures, vocabulary, and phraseology.
Terms: Fall 2013, Winter 2014
Instructors: Rieger, Sylvia (Fall) Kim, Sun-Young (Winter)
Fall or Winter
6 hours
Prerequisite: GERM 300 or GERM 307D1/D2, or equivalent, or permission of Department.
Required for program students.
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
12 credits of courses in German literature or culture, given in German, such as:
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GERM 330 Landeskunde (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Introduction to images of modern Germany, perceptions and conceptions of Germany since the Second World War.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Winter
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent, or permission of Department.
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GERM 331 Germany after Reunification (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : The events which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the changing cultural, social, political and economic landscape of the 'New Germany'. Highlighting issues of cultural and social politics, texts discussed include historical, literary and film material.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Rieger, Sylvia (Winter)
Winter
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent, or permission of the Department
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GERM 352 German Literature - 19th Century 3 (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course offers an introduction to the literary movements of Biedermeier, Junges Deutschland, Vormärz, Poetic Realism, and Naturalism in connection with the political and social developments in 19th century Germany. Tests by major authors such as Buchner, Heine and Fontane will be discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Winter
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GERM 360 German Literature 1890 to 1918 (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : The course deals with various genres of literature and forms of culture associated with Naturalism and Expressionism from the turn of the century to the Weimar Republic. Writers studied may include: Hauptmann, Wedekind, Schnitzler, Heinrich Mann, Sternheim, Kaiser, Thomas Mann, Kafka, Rosa Luxemburg.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 361 German Literature 1918 to 1945 (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : The course deals with the culture, literature and society of the Weimar Republic and the period of the Third Reich and the Holocaust. Writers studied will include: Brecht, Seghers, Fleisser, Kästner, Tucholsky, Benn, Kolmar, and Lasker-Schüler.
Terms: Fall 2013
Instructors: Cowan, Michael (Fall)
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 362 20th Century Literature Topics (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Introduction to selected topics and genres in twentieth century literature and culture.
Terms: Winter 2014
Instructors: Bauer, Karin (Winter)
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 363 German Postwar Literature (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : The course deals with the literature and culture of the Federal Republic of Germany, the former German Democratic Republic and unified Germany since 1945. It treats major authors and trends. Topics addressed include issues of nationalism and gender, multiculturalism, and other concerns of contemporary German society.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 380 18th Century German Literature (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : An introduction to German literature of the 18th century: Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang. The course will follow a socio-historical approach, i.e. it will attempt to delineate some of the relations that exist between the texts and their social, political, and cultural context.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Winter
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 400 Interdisciplinary Seminar: Contemporary German Studies (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : An interdisciplinary, team-taught seminar, for third-year students on a single topic or theme. Topics may vary from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall
Given in English
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GERM 450 Classical Period in German Literature (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : For the most part, the works of Goethe and Schiller are discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 451 German Romanticism (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course deals with German literary texts of the Romantic period, studied in their literary, historical, cultural and sociological context. References will be made to the other arts, in particular to music. Writers studied will include: Hoffmann, Eichendorff, Novalis, Hoffmann, Kleist, and Tieck.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Winter
Given in German
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent
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GERM 455 Women of the Romantic Era (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This course places at its centre the life-worlds, biographies, and forms of self-expression by German women of the Romantic Era.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent.
Course is given in German for advanced undergraduate program students.
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GERM 511 Middle High German Literature (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : This seminar course will acquaint students with the German courtly literature of the 12th and 13th century, its concepts, concerns and its sociology. The knightly romances of Hartmann von Aue (Erec), Wolfram von Eschenbach (Parzival), Gottfried von Straßburg (Tristan), and the heroic epic (Nibelungenlied) will be read and discussed in class, Hartmann's Erec in the original MHG language as well as in translation, to give students a basic acquaintance with the Middle High German literary language. Writers studied will include: Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried von Straßburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall
Given in German
Prerequisite: Germ 325 or equivalent
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GERM 580 Topics in 18th Century Literature (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Topics in eighteenth-century German literature.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Prerequisite: GERM 325 or equivalent.
Bachelor of Arts & Science—2013-2014 (last updated Aug. 21, 2013) (disclaimer)