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Selected Undergraduate Course Descriptions 
 Fall Semester, 2004

101 • First Semester German, 4 cr.
102 • Second Semester German, 4 cr.
111 • First Semester Dutch, 4 cr.
203 • Third Semester German, 4 cr.
204 • Fourth Semester German, 4 cr.
213 • Third Semester Dutch, 4 cr.
221 • Introduction to German Literature and Culture, I 3 cr.
222 • Introduction to German Literature and Culture, II 3 cr.
225 • Composition and Conversation 1, 3 cr.
226 • Composition and Conversation II, 3 cr.
245 • Topics in Dutch Life and Culture: Six Centuries of Immigration in the Low Countries, 3 cr.
274 • Introduction to German Literature, 5 cr.
284 • Honors Introduction to German Literature, 5 cr.
285 • Honors Colloquium for German 284, 1 cr.
305 • Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts, 3-4 cr.
335 • Dutch Conversation and Composition, 3 cr.
337 • Advanced Composition and Conversation, 3-4 cr.
351 • Introduction to German Linguistics
410 • Kultur 1648-1918, 3-4 cr.
445 • Topics in Dutch Culture: Zes eeuwen immigratie in de Lade Landen, 3-4 cr.
611 • Survey of German Literature to 1700, 3 cr.
650 • History of the German Language, 3 cr.
655 • German Film, 3 cr.
673 • Senior Seminar: Witnessing Poetry: Hölderlin's Modernity, 3 cr.
683 • Senior Honors Seminar: Witnessing Poetry: Hölderlin's Modernity, 3 cr.

101: First Semester German, 4cr.
Lecturer, Lec 1, MTWRF, 9:55 Call No. 49922
Lecturer, Lec 2, MTWRF, 11:00 Call No. 48550
Lecturer, Lec 3, MTWRF, 12:05 Call No. 48551
Lecturer, Lec 4, MTWRF, 1:20 Call No. 48552
Lecturer, Lec 5, MTWRF, 2:25 Call No. 48553
Lecturer, Lec 6, MWR, 7:00-8:20pm Call No. 48554
Lecturer, Lec 7, MTWRF, 9:55 Call No. 54318

Prerequisites: Open to Freshmen.

Presumes no knowledge of the German language. In the course students learn basic vocabulary around topics such as classroom objects, daily routines, descriptions of people and objects, simple narration in present time, etc. Currently German 101 covers material presented in the textbook VORSPRUNG from Kapitel 1 to Kapitel 6.

Textbooks:
Vorsprung - An Introduction to the German Language and Culture for Communication. UPDATED EDITION! New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
Arbeitsbuch to Accompany Vorsprung - An Introduction to the German Language and Culture for Communication. Lovik, Thomas A., J. Douglas Guy & Monika Chavez., Updated Edition. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. ISBN 0-618-14251-7.

102: Second Semester German, 4cr.
Lecturer, Lec 1 MTWRF, 9:55 Call No. 48555
Lecturer, Lec 2 MTWRF, 11:00 Call No. 48556
Lecturer, Lec 3 MTWRF, 12:05 Call No. 48557
Lecturer, Lec 4 MTWRF, 1:20 Call No. 50778

Prerequisites: German 101 or appropriate score on placement exam.

German 102 continues the learning begun in German 101. Students learn to narrate using past time markers, to express wishes and conditional ideas, to expand on their ability to describe, and to understand and produce extended texts on everyday topics. Currently German 102 covers material presented in the textbook VORSPRUNG from Kapitel 7 to Kapitel 12.

Textbooks:
Vorsprung - An Introduction to the German Language and Culture for Communication. UPDATED EDITION! New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
Arbeitsbuch to Accompany Vorsprung - An Introduction to the German Language and Culture for Communication. Lovik, Thomas A., J. Douglas Guy & Monika Chavez., Updated Edition. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. ISBN 0-618-14251-7

111: First Semester Dutch, 4 cr.
Lecturer, Lec 1, MTWR, 9:55 Call No. 52228
Lecturer, Lec 2, MTR, 6:40-7:50pm Call No. 51727

Prerequisites:Open to freshmen.

One of the advantages of studying at the UW is being able to take courses in Dutch. Although the study of Dutch Linguistics and Literature has steadily expanded at major American universities in recent years, many universities do not offer this language. Since Dutch is a Germanic language--linguistically related to both German and English--and since Dutch culture and literature have always had close ties to both German- and English speaking cultures, Dutch is a logical choice as an additional language for American students of German language, literature and culture. See our website at http://german.lss.wisc.edu/dutch/

Textbooks:
Code Nederlands / Tekstboek deel 1 / druk 2. Kuiken, F. Meulenhoff Educatief.
ISBN: 9028012249
Code Nederlands / Oefenboek / deel 1 / druk 2. Kuiken, F. Meulenhoff Educatief
ISBN: 9028024883
Kramers vertaalwoordenboek, Dutch-English, ISBN:0785975330.
Kramers vertaalwoordenboek, English-Dutch, ISBN:0785975349.

203: Third Semester German, 4 cr.
Lecturer, Lec 1, MTWF, 8:50 Call No. 48558
Lecturer, Lec 2, MTWF, 9:55 Call No. 48559
Lecturer, Lec 3, MTWF, 11:00 Call No. 48560
Lecturer, Lec 4, MTWF, 12:05 Call No. 48561
Lecturer, Lec 5, MTWF, 1:20 Call No. 48562
Lecturer, Lec 7, MW, 7-8:40pm Call No. 48563

Prerequisites: German 102 or 172 or appropriate score on placement exam.

Textbooks:
Moeller, Liedloff, Adolph & Mabee: Kaleidoskop, new edition textbook. Houghton Mifflin, 6th edition, ISBN 0618142495.
Recommended:
Moeller, Liedloff, Adolph & Mabee: Kaleidoskop, new edition workbook. Houghton Mifflin, 6th edition ISBN 0618142517.

204: Fourth Semester German, 4 cr.
Lecturer, Lec 2, MTWF, 9:55, Call No. 48564
Lecturer, Lec 3, MTWF, 11:00, Call No. 48565
Lecturer, Lec 4, MTWF, 12:05, Call No. 48566
Lecturer, Lec 5, MTWF, 1:20, Call No. 48567
Lecturer, Lec 6, MTWF, 2:25, Call No. 49923

Prerequisites: German 203 or appropriate score on placement exam.

Textbooks:
Moeller, Liedloff, Adolph & Mabee: Kaleidoskop, new edition textbook. Houghton Mifflin, 6th edition, ISBN 0618142495.
Recommended:
Moeller, Liedloff, Adolph & Mabee: Kaleidoskop, new edition workbook. Houghton Mifflin, 6th edition ISBN 0618142517.

213: Third Semerster Dutch, 4 cr.
Taylor, Lec 1, MTWR, 2:25, Call No. 51365
Prerequisites: Dutch 112 or consent of instructor.

See description for First Semester Dutch, 111.

Textbooks:
Code Nederlands / Tekstboek / deel 2 / druk 2. Kalsbeek, A. van. Meulenhoff Educatief ISBN: 9028011234
Code Nederlands / Oefenboek / deel 2 / druk 2. Kalsbeek, A. van. Meulenhoff Educatief ISBN: 9028024573
Kramers vertaalwoordenboek, Dutch-English, ISBN:0785975330.
Kramers vertaalwoordenboek, English-Dutch, ISBN:0785975349.
I. de Bakker, M. Meijboom, A. Norbart, C. Smits,S. Vink: Nederlands in hoofdlijnen. Praktische grammatica voor anderstaligen. http://www.snvt.hum.uva.nl/bibliografie/formulier_titel.html?id_nr=19980056
http://www.snvt.hum.uva.nl/bibliografie/formulier_uitgever.html?ID=9060

Oefeningenboek. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen 1994. ISBN: 900105059X.
I. de Bakker, M. Meijboom, A. Norbart, C. Smits,S. Vink: Nederlands in hoofdlijnen. Praktische grammatica voor anderstaligen. Theorieboek Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen 1994. ISBN: 9001050654.

221: Introduction to German Literature and Culture I,
3 cr. Prerequisites: German 204 or 225, or placement at 5th-semester level and consent of instructor.

Markham, Lec 1, MWF, 8:50 Call No. 54326
Learning literary and cultural-historical features of analysis, students critically examine 20th-century German literature and culture by carefully reading, viewing, discussing, listening to or writing about literature, non-literary texts, art, film, and music. Readings include poems, plays, and short stories by significant authors such as Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, Paul Celan, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and Heinrich Böll. The class is conducted in German. In addition to two in-class exams and a final exam, short interpretive papers, occasional journal entries, and an oral presentation are required. Textbooks: Andreas Lixl-Purcell, ed., Stimmen eines Jahrhunderts, 1888-1990 (Holt, Rinehart, 1990) Franz Kafka, Das Urteil (Fischer 19) ISBN 3-596-20019-9 Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (Suhrkamp 73) Friedrich Duerrenmatt, Die Physiker (Diogenes 23047) ISBN 3-257-23047-8 [Supplementary readings will be made available in class.]

Mani, Lec 2, MWF, 9:55 Call No. 50015
This course offers an introduction to 20th century German literature and culture. We will read and discuss a variety of literary and cultural texts, such as short stories, plays, poems, autobiographical writings and essays. Along with the development of reading, speaking and writing skills, the course also provides an introduction to the interpretation and analysis of literary texts. The final grade is based on the following four components: class participation, essays, presentations (Referate), and two in-class exams. Textbooks: Stimmen eines Jahrhunderts 1888-1990. Andreas Lixl-Purcell (ed). (Fort Worth: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.) 1990. Kafka, Brecht, Böll. Erzählungen. Charles Hoffmann et. al (ed) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company) 1970. Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Besuch der alten Dame.Eine tragische Komödie mit einem Nachwort. ed. Paul Kurt Ackermann. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company) 1957. Volker Braun. Unvollendete Geschichte. (Bonn: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Verlag) 1977.
Recommended Textbooks:
German Cultural Studies. An Introduction. Robert Burns (ed). (Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press) 1995.

222: Introduction to German Literature and Culture II, 3 cr.
Kluge, Lec 1, MWF 11:00 Call No. 51357

Prerequisites: German 221 or consent of instructor. Students may receive degree credit for no more than one of the following courses: German 221 & 284.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the study and interpretation of German literature and culture topics. The class will read representative works of nineteenth-century prose, lyric poetry, and drama (by authors such as Tieck, Hoffmann, Büchner, Droste-Hülshoff, Keller, Storm, and Hauptmann), and also essays on cultural topics. Class discussions will be conducted in German. Required work includes oral discussion, oral presentations, two short papers, two in-class exams, and a final.

Textbooks:
Ludwig Tieck, Der blonde Eckbert (Reclam #7732)
Heinrich von Kleist, Die Marquise von O . . . ; Das Erdbeben (Reclam #8002)
E.T.A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann (Reclam #230)
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Die Judenbuche (Reclam #1858)
Georg Büchner, Woyzeck (ISBN 3-518-03051-5)
Gottfried Keller, Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (Reclam #6172)
Adalbert Stifter, Brigitta (Reclam #3911)
Gerhart Hauptmann, Bahnwärter Thiel (Reclam #6617)

225: Composition and Conversation I, 3 cr.
Kluge, Lec 1, MWF, 8:50 Call No. 48568
Mani, Lec 2, MWF, 8:50 Call No. 48569
Love, Lec 3, MWF, 9:55 Call No. 52237
Love, Lec 4, MWF, 1:20 Call No. 50008
Salmons, Lec 5, MWF, 11:00 Call No. 48570
Lecturer, Lec 6, MWF, 12:05 Call No. 51365

Prerequisites: German 204 or appropriate score on placement exam.

The aim of German 225 is to develop the students' ability to speak and write in German on everyday culture and current events through readings in the German media, daily oral work (in-class discussions and presentations), formal essays, and other written assignments. A systematic grammar review is an integral part of the course. The final grade is based on class participation and daily homework, essays, grammar quizzes, and in-class exams. The course is taught in German.

Textbooks:
Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik. Ed. J. Rankin, L. Wells. Houghton Mifflin / Third Edition
Course packet from Bob's Copy Shop.

226: Composition and Conversation II, 3-4 cr.
Steakley, Lec 1, MWF 11:00 (3 cr.) Call No. 50810 (use this call # for 3 cr)
Steakley, Dis 301, T 2:25-4:25 (1 cr. opt) Call No. 50811 (use this call # for 4 cr)
Silberman, Lec 2, MWF 1:20 (3 cr.) Call No. 50011 (use this call # for 3 cr)
Silberman, Dis 302, T 1:20 (1 cr. opt) Call No. 50012 (use this call # for 4 cr)

Prerequisites: German 225.

This course, a requirement for all German majors, continues and strengthens the skills practiced in 225. In-class work will include student presentations, discussion of readings, informal conversation, and grammar and vocabulary exercises. Written work will include frequent grammar and vocabulary exercises and short essays. Course language is German.

Textbooks:
Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik. Ed. J. Rankin, L. Wells. Houghton Mifflin / Third Edition.
Turneaure, Brigitte M. Der Treffende Ausdruck: Texte, Themen, Übungen Second Edition.

245: Topics in Dutch Life and Culture: Six Centuries of Immigration in the Low Countries, 3 cr.
Taylor and Howell, Lec 1, TR 11:00-12:15 Call No. 54344

Prerequisites: Open to freshmen.
All readings and lectures in English.
Co-taught by Robert B. Howell and Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor

Immigration is a topic of great import in Europe (and the United States) in our time. This course will offer a sense of perspective by looking at the record of immigration in the Low Countries throughout the ages, including (migration among/by) and cultural contact in the times of the Germanic Tribes, the Romans, the Burgundian Period, the migrations of the Eighty-Years' War and the Golden Age, the colonial period, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and up to the present, with its extensive political, cultural and religious implications. (Immigration and recent measures against it have caused great cultural anxiety, cf. massive political upheaval, and the first successful political assassination in the Netherlands since the late 16th century).

We will look at migration from multiple points of view: its causes, the way immigrants were received, to what extent they assimilated, what factors tended to help them assimilate - and what factors made them easier for the local population to accept. Our approach will be multi-disciplinary: the course will use evidence form linguistics (dialect, new developments), (social) history, literature, art history, archaeology, film, and others.
In addition to the textbooks ordered by the book stores, additional material will be available (reader, web material, multi-media).

Textbooks:
J.C.H. Blom, E. Lamberts (red.)/ transl. [from the Dutch] by James C. Kennedy: History of the Low Countries. New York [etc.]: Berghahn Books, 1999. ISBN: 1571810854.
G. A. Bredero: Spanish Brabanter : A Seventeenth-Century Dutch Social Satire in Five Acts. Transl by H. David Brumble. State Univ of New York Pr; (April 1982). ISBN: 0866980180

Adriaan van Dis: My Father's War. Translated from the Dutch by Clair Nicholas White. News York: The New Press, 1996. ISBN 156584033X.
Additional materials will be made available (reader, multi-media, on the web).

274: Introduction to German Literature, 5 cr.
Gross, Lec 1, MWF 9:55,
MW 11:00 Call No. 52545

Prerequisites: German 204 with an A, or placement at 5th-semester level and consent of instructor.

Meets with German 284

Though only a 5-credit course, this course fulfills the 6-credit literature requirement for L&S students. It counts as the equivalent of 221 plus 222. This course provides an intensive and thorough introduction to the study of literary texts: their analysis, their interpretation, their cultural and historical context. The three major literary genres - prose fiction, poetry, and drama - and important literary periods will be covered as we read and discuss a variety of texts from 18th to 20th-century German literature by such authors as Lessing, Goethe, Kleist, Kafka, Brecht, and Bachmann. In addition to famous and classical texts - Goethe's Faust and other dramas, ballads and other poems, we will read fairy tales, letters, diary excerpts, a historical Flugblatt, and 19th-century Bildgeschichten or cartoons. Our work with these texts will include discussing different approaches to and functions of literature. Course includes occasional "digressions" into related areas (music, theater on video, philosophy)
All readings and classwork are in German. In addition to a written midterm and final exam, students will have the opportunity to work on a variety of short writing assignments, including two papers of 3-4 pages each (with an opportunity to rewrite). Oral participation and group projects form an integral part of classwork.

Textbooks:
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Minna von Barnhelm. Reclam. Goethe: Faust I (Erster Teil). Reclam. Bertolt Brecht: Der kaukasische Kreidekreis. edition suhrkamp 31.
and a course reader.

284: Honors Introduction to German Literature, 5 cr.
Gross, Lec 1, MWF 9:55
MW 11:00 Call No. 48571

Prerequisites: German 204 with an A, or placement at 5th-semester level and consent of instructor.

See description for German 274.

285: Honors Colloquium for German 284, 1 cr.
Gross, Lec 1, F 11:00 Call No. 48572

Prerequisites: Concurrent registration in German 284.

The Colloquium meets once a week in addition to 284. Students must also be enrolled in 284; Honors students who taking 284 are required to take 285. We will read and discuss additional materials and work on developing research skills.

305:Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts, 3-4 cr.
Adler, Lec 1, MWF 11:00 (3 cr.) Call No. 50039 (use this call # for 3 cr.)
Adler, Dis 301, W 9:55 (1 cr. opt) Call No. 50042 (use this call # for 4 cr.)

Prerequisites: German 221 & 222; or 284; or consent of instructor.

In diesem Kurs werden wir uns einen Überblick über die deutschsprachige Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts verschaffen. Wir werden ausgewählte Prosa-, Lyrik und Dramentexte repräsentativer Autoren und Autorinnnen lesen und analysieren. Gleichzeitig werden wir Techniken zur Analyse von Literatur erlernen und vertiefen. Autoren und Autorinnen, die wir lesen werden, sind unter anderen Franz Kafka, Bert Brecht, Wolfgang Borchert, Ingeborg Bachmann, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Bernhard Schlink, Emine Sevgi Özdamar. Jede Teilnehmerin und jeder Teilnehmer wird ein kurzes mündliches Referat zu einem begrenzten Thema halten, und es werden ein midterm und final exam geschrieben. Der Kurs wird in deutscher Sprache gehalten. Textbook: Özdamar, Emine Sevgi, Mutterzunge. Köln: Kiepenheuer und Witsch ISBN 3-462-02683-6 Brecht, Bertolt: Kalendergeschichten. Reinbek: Rowohlt ISBN 3-499-10077-0 Borchert, Wolfgang: Draussen vor der Tür. Reinbek: Rowohlt ISBN 3-499-10170-X Dürrenmatt, Friedrich: Der Richter und sein Henker. Reinbek: Rowohlt ISBN 3-499-10150-5 Schlink, Bernhard: Der Vorleser. Zürich: Diogenes ISBN 3-257-22953-4 Kafka, Franz: Das Urteil. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer ISBN 3-596-20019-9

335: Dutch Conversation and Composition, 3 cr.
Taylor, Lec 1, MWF 12:05 Call No. 61657

Prerequisites: German 314 or consent of instructor.

The aim of "German" 335 is to develop the student's ability to speak and write in Dutch on everyday matters, current events, and academic topics through daily oral work (in-class discussions and presentations) and regular essays. A grammar review is an integral part of the course. In addition, this course not only continues and strengthens the skills practiced in Fourth Semester Dutch, but aims to work on more advanced grammatical issues, and to fine-tune a student's vocabulary to include more formal registers, such as academic language, as well as the rich idioms and proverbs which make Dutch such an interesting language to learn. The final grade is based on the following 5 components: class participation, essays, quizzes, in-class exams, and the final exam. Course language is Dutch; excellent preparation for study or research abroad in the Netherlands or Flanders.

Textbooks:
M. Huizinga, F. Jansen, H. van Kampen, B. Bossers:0031. Direct(e) toegang tot Nederland(s).Tekstboek
http://www.taalunieversum.hum.uva.nl/bibliografie/formulier_titel.html?id_nr=19980042. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff Educatief
http://www.taalunieversum.hum.uva.nl/bibliografie/formulier_uitgever.html?ID=9035, 1998. ISBN: 9028042512.
M. Huizinga, F. Jansen, H. van Kampen, B. Bossers:0031. Direct(e) toegang tot Nederland(s). Werkboek. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff Educatief, 1998. ISBN: 9028043543.

337: Advanced Composition and Conversation, 3-4 cr.
Mödersheim, Lec 1, MWF 1:20 (3 cr.) Call No. 50184 (use this call # for 3 cr.)
Mödersheim, Dis 301, (1 cr. opt) Call No. 50185 (use this call # for 4 cr.)

Prerequisites: German 226 and one of 222, 274 or 284 or consent of instructor.

Practice writing, reading, listening and speaking in a variety of activities. Course language is German.
Website: palimpsest.lss.wisc.edu/~moeders/gr337

Textbooks:
Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik. Ed. J. Rankin, L. Wells. Houghton Mifflin / Third Edition, 2001.
Anne Leblans: Was ist deutsch? Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ISBN: 0-395-88534-5

351:Introduction to German Linguistics, 3-4 cr.
Salmons, Lec 1, MWF 1:20 (3 cr.) Call No.48573 (use this call # for 3 cr.)
Salmons, Dis 301, F 9:55 (1 cr. opt) Call No. 48574 (use this call # for 4 cr.)

Prerequisites: German 226 or Consent of Instructor.

This course is designed to provide a thorough overview of the German language from the perspective of modern linguistics. We will consider how different forms of spoken and written German are put together as a linguistic system, as well as how speakers actually use the language. After a brief look at the history of German, we will spend about half the semester analyzing the internal structure of German, starting at the level of individual sounds, and then considering how German words are formed and arranged in sentences. Beyond the sentence level, we will move on to questions of "meaning" (semantics and pragmatics). Finally, we will look at German from social and regional perspectives, including dialects, ethnicity, gender, and politics . The primary text for the course will be a CD-ROM, "Die interaktive Einführung in die Linguistik 2.0", complemented by readings and handouts. CD-ROM: Die interaktive Einführung in die Linguistik 2.0. (Jürgen Handke & Frauke Intemann, eds.) Hueber Verlag, 2002. ISBN: 3-19-001653-4.

410: Kultur 1648-1918, 3-4 cr.
Steakley, Lec 1, TR 1:00-2:15 Call No. 61658 (use this call # for 3 cr.)
Steakley, Dis 301, 2:25-4:25 T Call No. 61659 (use this call # for 4 cr.)

Prerequisites: German 221 and 222 or 274 or 284 or consent of instructor.

Conducted in German, this course aims to stimulate and school an appreciation of the political, social, and artistic developments from 1648 (the end of the Thirty Years War) to 1918 (the end of World War I) that constitute the core cultural heritage of today's Central Europe. "Kultur" is understood here on two levels: as world-class cultural achievements in such domains as the fine arts, music, and thought, but also as the texture of everyday life.
Our key readings consist of two opera libretti and one drama:
1) Die Zauberflöte (1791) by Emanuel Schikaneder and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
2) Woyzeck (1837) by Georg Büchner, and
3) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868) by Richard Wagner.
Following lectures dealing with the historical background and contemporary context of these works, they will be analyzed and interpreted in class discussions. After viewing performances of these works on video, students will write 5-page papers (in German) on each of them. Each paper counts for 25% of the course grade, and the remaining 25% is based on class participation, including a two-part oral report.
Students who elect to enroll for the 4th credit in this class will view seven films that pertain to various aspects of German cultural history from 1648 to 1918 and submit brief German reviews.

Textbooks:
Expedition Geschichte, Ausgabe Baden-Württemberg, vol. 2. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Moritz Diesterweg, ISBN 3425105388
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Magic Flute (hardcover book & 2 CDs edition). New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, ISBN 1884822827
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte. Stuttgart: Reclam. ISBN 3150026202
Lloyd Spencer and Andrzej Krauze, Introducing the Enlightenment. New York: Totem, 1997. ISBN 1874166560

445: Topics in Dutch Culture: Zes eeuwen immigratie in de Lage Landen, 3-4 cr.
Taylor and Howell, Lec 1, TR 11:00-12:15 Call No. 54345 (use this call # for 3 cr.)
Taylor and Howell, Dis 301, W 11020 Call No. 54351 (use this call # for 4 cr.)

Prerequisites: German 214 or 314, or consent of instructor.

Immigration is a topic of great import in Europe (and the United States) in our time. This course will offer a sense of perspective by looking at the record of immigration in the Low Countries throughout the ages, including (migration among/by) and cultural contact in the times of the Germanic Tribes, the Romans, the Burgundian Period, the migrations of the Eighty-Years' War and the Golden Age, the colonial period, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and up to the present, with its extensive political, cultural and religious implications. (Immigration and recent measures against it have caused great cultural anxiety, cf. massive political upheaval, and the first successful political assassination in the Netherlands since the late 16th century).

We will look at migration from multiple points of view: its causes, the way immigrants were received, to what extent they assimilated, what factors tended to help them assimilate - and what factors made them easier for the local population to accept. Our approach will be multi-disciplinary: the course will use evidence form linguistics (dialect, new developments), (social) history, literature, art history, archaeology, film, and others.

Textbooks:
J.C.H. Blom, E. Lamberts (red.): Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden. Rijswijk: Nijgh & Van Ditmar Universitair, 1993. ISBN: 9023711645.
An edition of Spaanschen Brabander, selected in consultation with instructors.
Adriaan van Dis: Indische Duinen. Amsterdam: Munting (Rainbow Pocketboeken), 2001 (or later). ISBN 9041711228.
Additional materials will be made available (reader, multi-media, on the web).

611: Survey of German Literature to 1700, 3 cr.
Calomino, Lec 1, MWF 11:00 Call No. 54337

Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor.

This course deals with representative works of literature from the oldest records to the early eighteenth century. Emphasis will be placed on the Carolingian period and early Germanic literature; a courtly aesthetic as developed and reflected in literary genres from the 12th and 13th centuries; late medieval narrative, philosophical and dramatic texts; the Reformation and its implications for German literature and culture throughout the 16th and 17th centuries; preservation of inherited literary modes of expression and the development of new forms during the Baroque and early Enlightenment. Recommended for background reading: F.Heer, The Medieval World: Europe 1100-1350 (Mentor MW 1040) and/or Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, I (DTV 3003). The objective of the course is to familiarize students with early German literature in addition to its cultural, sociopolitical, and artistic background. The course will concentrate on the development of lyric, epic, and dramatic forms especially through interpretation of major works and writers of the different periods. Lectures based on reading and background materials are in German; classroom discussion and written examinations may be in either German or English. In addition to daily required participation, each student will give an oral presentation on a specific topic. Reading list will include selections from Old High German heroic and religious literature, Das Nibelungenlied, courtly "Minnesang", Parzival, Der Ackermann aus Böhmen, and texts by Luther, Sachs, and Grimmelshausen.

Textbooks:
Das Nibelungenlied, 1 and 2; Fischer Taschenbuch 6038 and 6039 Minnesang, ed. H. Brackert; Fischer Taschenbuch 6485 Hartmann, Gregorius; Reclam # 1787/87a/87b Wolfram, Parzifal; *Vintage # V-188 Werner der Gärtner, Helmbrecht; Reclam # 9498 (3) Tepl, Der Ackermann aus Böhmen; Reclam # 7666 Luther, ausgew. Schriften; Reclam # 1578 (2) Sachs, Meistergesänge,Fastnachtspiele und Schwänke; Reclam# 7627 Das Volksbuch von Doktor Faust; Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag (Editionen Pegasus)1999. Klettbuch 35117 Gryphius, Peter Squenz; Reclam # 7982 Grimmelshausen, Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Reclam # 7452 Optional Textbooks: Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, I DTV 3003 Grimmelshausen, Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch, DTV 2004

650: History of the German Language, 3 cr.
Howell, Lec 1, TR 1:00-2:15 Call No. 48576

Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor.

This course is designed to introduce students to the field of German philology and linguistics. It examines the origin and development of the German language in changing cultural and social settings, and discusses the development of standard varieties of German at different periods as well as their relationship to non-standard or regional varieties. In addition, it provides insights into various areas of scholarly activities in the field and familiarizes the student with basic research methods and bibliographical resources.

Textbooks: Stedje, Astrid: Deutsche Sprache gestern und heute: Einfuehrung in Sprachgeschichte und Sprachkunde. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 1989.
Trask, R.L. Historical Linguistics. Edward Arnold; (November 1996) ISBN: 0340607580.

655: German Film, 3 cr.
Silberman, Lec 1, MW 2:30-3:45
Silberman, Lab 301, T 6:30-9:30 PM Call No. 61697

Prerequisites: For German cr. one 300 level course or above; or consent of instructor. For Communication Arts credit: Com Arts 350 or 352..

This film course presents a synoptic view of the German cinema's development during the twentieth century. Feature-length films will be screened every week on Tuesday evenings and attendance is mandatory (many of the films are not available on video or DVD); some screening sessions will be as short as 90-100 min., but many German features are as long as 140 minutes, and some screenings will include 2 short features. The screenings constitute the basis for introducing the major trends in the German cinema: early forms of narrativization, the post WWI Expressionist period, the social film of the late Weimar period, the entertainment cinema of the Third Reich, the fifties "Heimat" and problem films of West Germany, the East German cinema, the Young German Film of the sixties, the New German Cinema of the seventies, etc. The class work will concentrate 1) on the cultural background that distinguishes the historical development of the German cinema from other European national cinemas and 2) on the analysis of individual films. We will be concerned with ways in which the movie industry and specific films responded to cultural, political, and technological changes in Germany over an entire century.

The course format will consist of a weekly lecture on Mondays to introduce background to a period, issue, genre, or particular film. The film screening pertinent to the lecture will always begin on Tuesday at 6:30 PM. The screened film will be the main focus of the next day's class session (Wednesday). Pairs or groups of students will be assigned to prepare theses or questions on the feature film, and they will help initiate and guide the Wednesday class discussion. Written work includes several short (3 to 4-page) papers on topics defined by the instructor and a final term paper (ca. 15 pages + scene segmentation) that presents an analysis of an entire film chosen by the student but not screened in class. (At this point no mid-term or final examination is planned, but the instructor may change his mind.)
For students with advanced German-language skills: if there is sufficient interest, we can organize an informal discussion section in German to introduce and practice the technical terminology of film analysis (possibly after the screenings on Tuesdays, over beer...).

Textbooks:
Siegfried Kracauer, From Caligari to Hitler (Princeton UP 1947)
Sabine Hake, German National Cinema (Routledge)
[Reading packet (Coles Copy Center, 555 State Street, downstairs)]
Recommended:
Bordwell and Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction (McGraw-Hill, 7th ed.)

673: Senior Seminar: Witnessing Poetry: Hölderlin's Modernity, 3 cr.
Richter, Lec 1, M 4:00-6:00 Call No. 79374

Prerequisites: Two of German 302-305 or 375/385. Students may receive degree credit for no more than one of the following: German 673 & 683.

In this combined senior and senior Honors seminar, we will focus on the poetry of Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), one of the greatest and most influential writers in the German language of any century. Through close, careful, and caring readings of his challenging texts, we will seek to clarify his knotted and abiding relation to the French Revolution, German Idealism (especially through his friends and Tübingen classmates Hegel and Schelling), and European Romanticism. While Hölderlin's late odes and elegies were written in a state of madness, their beauty and rigor nevertheless open up singular perspectives on such issues as witnessing, allegory, memory, translation, historical and personal trauma, the connection between literature and madness, the tension between the imagination and reason and, ultimately, the relationship between poetry and philosophy. In engaging Hölderlin's poetry, we will occasionally draw as well on other aspects of his variegated corpus (such as his novel, his dramatic and theoretical work, and his letters), and we will become familiar with a few of the critical perspectives on his poetry articulated by some of his most perspicacious readers (including, among others, Heidegger, Adorno, and de Man.)

Textbooks:
Reader for German 673/83 at Bob's Copy Shop, 1314 W. Johnson Street
Friedrich Hölderlin, Gedichte, hrg. Gerhard Kurz in Zusammenarbeit mit Wolfgang Braungart, Nachwort von Bernhard Böschenstein (Reclam Verlag; ISBN 3-15-056267-8)

683: Senior Honors Seminar: Witnessing Poetry: Hölderlin's Modernity, 3 cr.
Richter, Lec 1, M 4:00-6:00 Call No. 51401

Prerequisites: German 375/385 or consent of instructor. Students may receive degree credit for no more than one of the following: German 673 & 683.

See description for German 673.

Selected Graduate Course Descriptions 
 Fall Semester, 2004

311 • First Semester Dutch for Grad Students, 3 cr.
313 • Third Semester Dutch for Grad Students, 3 cr.
391 • German for Grad Reading Knowledge, 3 cr.
611 • Survey of German Literature to 1700, 3 cr.
645 • Topics in Dutch Culture: Zes eeuwen immigratie in die Lage Landen, 3 cr.
650 • History of the German Language, 3 cr.
655 • German Film, 3 cr.
703 • Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts, 3 cr.
720 • College Teaching of German, 3 cr.
722 • Theory of Teaching German, 3 cr.
727 • Topics in Applied Linguistics: Language Use in the Foreign Language Classroom, 3 cr.
755 • Readings in Middle High German, 3 cr.
758 • Topics in Contemporary German Syntax, 3 cr.
804 • Interdisciplinary Western European Area Studies Seminar: Europeanization and the Reform of National Welfare States, 3 cr.
947 • Advanced Seminar in German Literature: Bild und Text, 3 cr.

311: First Semester Dutch for Grad Students, 3 cr.
Lecturer, Lec 1, MTWR 9:55 Call No. 52288
Lecturer, Lec 2, MWR 6:40-7:50 PM Call No. 51728

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

See description and textbooks for German 111.

313: Third Semester Dutch for Grad Students, 3 cr.
Lecturer, Lec 1, MTWR 2:25 Call No. 51382

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and German112 or 312 or consent of instructor.

See description and textbooks for German 213.

391: German for Grad Reading Knowledge I, 3 cr.
Love, Lec 1, MWF 11:00 Call No. 48575

Prerequisites: Senior or Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

German 391 is a grammar and translation course intended for graduate students in other disciplines who need to learn to read German academic prose. The complete German grammar system is covered in this semester. Writing, speaking, and listening comprehension skills are not addressed in this course. Textbooks:
Hubert Jannach and Richard Alan Korb, German for Reading Knowledge, 4th edition, ISBN: 0-8384-7835-2

611: Survey of German Literature to 1700, 3 cr.
Calomino, Lec 1, MWF 11:00 Call No. 54337

Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor.

This course deals with representative works of literature from the oldest records to the early eighteenth century. Emphasis will be placed on the Carolingian period and early Germanic literature; a courtly aesthetic as developed and reflected in literary genres from the 12th and 13th centuries; late medieval narrative, philosophical and dramatic texts; the Reformation and its implications for German literature and culture throughout the 16th and 17th centuries; preservation of inherited literary modes of expression and the development of new forms during the Baroque and early Enlightenment. Recommended for background reading: F.Heer, The Medieval World: Europe 1100-1350 (Mentor MW 1040) and/or Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, I (DTV 3003). The objective of the course is to familiarize students with early German literature in addition to its cultural, sociopolitical, and artistic background. The course will concentrate on the development of lyric, epic, and dramatic forms especially through interpretation of major works and writers of the different periods. Lectures based on reading and background materials are in German; classroom discussion and written examinations may be in either German or English. In addition to daily required participation, each student will give an oral presentation on a specific topic. Reading list will include selections from Old High German heroic and religious literature, Das Nibelungenlied, courtly "Minnesang", Parzival, Der Ackermann aus Böhmen, and texts by Luther, Sachs, and Grimmelshausen.

Textbooks:
Das Nibelungenlied, 1 and 2; Fischer Taschenbuch 6038 and 6039 Minnesang, ed. H. Brackert; Fischer Taschenbuch 6485 Hartmann, Gregorius; Reclam # 1787/87a/87b Wolfram, Parzifal; *Vintage # V-188 Werner der Gärtner, Helmbrecht; Reclam # 9498 (3) Tepl, Der Ackermann aus Böhmen; Reclam # 7666 Luther, ausgew. Schriften; Reclam # 1578 (2) Sachs, Meistergesänge,Fastnachtspiele und Schwänke; Reclam# 7627 Das Volksbuch von Doktor Faust; Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag (Editionen Pegasus)1999. Klettbuch 35117 Gryphius, Peter Squenz; Reclam # 7982 Grimmelshausen, Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Reclam # 7452 Optional Textbooks: Frenzel, Daten deutscher Dichtung, I DTV 3003 Grimmelshausen, Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch, DTV 2004

645: Topics in Dutch Culture: Zes eeuwen immigratie in de Lage Landen, 3-4 cr.
Taylor and Howell, Lec 1, TR 11:00-12:15 Call No. 54345 (use this call # for 3 cr.)
Taylor and Howell, Dis 301, W 11:00 Call No. 54351 (use this call # for 4 cr.)

Prerequisites: German 314 or consent of instructor.

Immigration is a topic of great import in Europe (and the United States) in our time. This course will offer a sense of perspective by looking at the record of immigration in the Low Countries throughout the ages, including (migration among/by) and cultural contact in the times of the Germanic Tribes, the Romans, the Burgundian Period, the migrations of the Eighty-Years' War and the Golden Age, the colonial period, the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, and up to the present, with its extensive political, cultural and religious implications. (Immigration and recent measures against it have caused great cultural anxiety, cf. massive political upheaval, and the first successful political assassination in the Netherlands since the late 16th century).

We will look at migration from multiple points of view: its causes, the way immigrants were received, to what extent they assimilated, what factors tended to help them assimilate - and what factors made them easier for the local population to accept. Our approach will be multi-disciplinary: the course will use evidence form linguistics (dialect, new developments), (social) history, literature, art history, archaeology, film, and others.
In addition to the textbooks ordered by the book stores, additional material will be available (reader, web material, multi-media).

Textbooks:
J.C.H. Blom, E. Lamberts (red.): Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden. Rijswijk: Nijgh & Van Ditmar Universitair, 1993. . ISBN: 9023711645.
An edition of Spaanschen Brabander, selected in consultation with instructors.
Adriaan van Dis: Indische Duinen. Amsterdam: Munting (Rainbow Pocketboeken), 2001 (or later). ISBN 9041711228.
Additional materials will be made available (reader, multi-media, on the web).

650: History of the German Language, 3 cr.
Howell, Lec 1, TR 1:00-2:15 Call No. 48576

Prerequisites: Senior standing or consent of instructor.

This course is designed to introduce students to the field of German philology and linguistics. It examines the origin and development of the German language in changing cultural and social settings, and discusses the development of standard varieties of German at different periods as well as their relationship to non-standard or regional varieties. In addition, it provides insights into various areas of scholarly activities in the field and familiarizes the student with basic research methods and bibliographical resources.

Textbooks:
Stedje, Astrid: Deutsche Sprache gestern und heute: Einfuehrung in Sprachgeschichte und Sprachkunde. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 1989.
Trask, R.L. Historical Linguistics. Edward Arnold; (November 1996) ISBN: 0340607580.

655: German Film, 3 cr.
Silberman, Lec 1, MW 2:30-3:45
Silberman, Lab 301, T 6:30-9:30 PM Call No. 61697

Prerequisites: For German cr. one 300 level course or above; or consent of instructor. For Communication Arts credit: Com Arts 350 or 352..

This film course presents a synoptic view of the German cinema's development during the twentieth century. Feature-length films will be screened every week on Tuesday evenings and attendance is mandatory (many of the films are not available on video or DVD); some screening sessions will be as short as 90-100 min., but many German features are as long as 140 minutes, and some screenings will include 2 short features. The screenings constitute the basis for introducing the major trends in the German cinema: early forms of narrativization, the post WWI Expressionist period, the social film of the late Weimar period, the entertainment cinema of the Third Reich, the fifties "Heimat" and problem films of West Germany, the East German cinema, the Young German Film of the sixties, the New German Cinema of the seventies, etc. The class work will concentrate 1) on the cultural background that distinguishes the historical development of the German cinema from other European national cinemas and 2) on the analysis of individual films. We will be concerned with ways in which the movie industry and specific films responded to cultural, political, and technological changes in Germany over an entire century.

The course format will consist of a weekly lecture on Mondays to introduce background to a period, issue, genre, or particular film. The film screening pertinent to the lecture will always begin on Tuesday at 6:30 PM. The screened film will be the main focus of the next day's class session (Wednesday). Pairs or groups of students will be assigned to prepare theses or questions on the feature film, and they will help initiate and guide the Wednesday class discussion. Written work includes several short (3 to 4-page) papers on topics defined by the instructor and a final term paper (ca. 15 pages + scene segmentation) that presents an analysis of an entire film chosen by the student but not screened in class. (At this point no mid-term or final examination is planned, but the instructor may change his mind.)

For students with advanced German-language skills: if there is sufficient interest, we can organize an informal discussion section in German to introduce and practice the technical terminology of film analysis (possibly after the screenings on Tuesdays, over beer...).

Textbooks:
Siegfried Kracauer, From Caligari to Hitler (Princeton UP 1947)
Sabine Hake, German National Cinema (Routledge)
[Reading packet (Coles Copy Center, 555 State Street, downstairs)]

Recommended:
Bordwell and Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction (McGraw-Hill, 7th ed.)

703: Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts, 3 cr.
Adler, Lec 1, MWF 1:20 Call No. 61700

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

Das 18. Jahrhundert ist grundlegend für weite Bereiche moderner Kultur insgesamt. Literatur, Kultur und Geschichte des 18. Jahrhunders im deutschsprachigen Raum und in Europa sind Gegenstand dieses Kurses. Wir werden uns mit Materialien des 18. Jahrhunderts analytisch und kritisch auseinandersetzen. Einen Schwerpunkt werden wir dabei auf kontextuelle und diskursive Vernetzungen legen, das heißt, wir werden uns nicht nur isolierte Texte oder Bilder ansehen, sondern sie in ihren Zusammenhang jener Zeit stellen, wodurch ihre Bedeutung überhaupt erst klar wird. Und wir werden den (keineswegs beliebigen) Zusammenhang zwischen Literatur, Philosophie, Geschichtsschreibung, Malerei, Theologie, Journalismus, Erkenntnistheorie, Bildungsgeschichte, Alltagsgeschichte und anderen Diskursen herausarbeiten, um uns ein Bild zu machen von der Konstitution von Kultur und ihrer Wirkungsweise in einem begrenzten Zeit/Raum. Den Ausgangspunkt werden wir von traditionellen Vorstellungen des 18. Jahrhunderts nehmen (Zum Beispiel: 'Das 18. Jahrhundert ist das Jahrhundert der Aufklärung. Aufklärung ist Rationalismus.'), um sie dann im Licht neuester Forschung einer kritischen Revision zu unterziehen. Die Teilnehmer an diesem Kurs sollen am Ende des Semesters einen Überblick über das 18. Jahrhundert haben und mit zentralen Texten/Werken sowie mit den wichtigsten Forschungsansätzen und Forschungs-problemen vertraut sein. Diskutiert und vorgestellt werden Texte, Autoren, Epochen-begriffe, Gattungstheorien, Diskursvernetzungen und der Stand der Forschung zum 18. Jahrhundert. Die Frage, warum es wichtig und sinnvoll ist, sich mit dem 18. Jahrhundert zu beschäftigen, wird den Kurs permanent begleiten. Alle Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer schreiben zum Abschluß ein ausführliches Paper. Textbooks: Ulrich Karthaus (ed.), Sturm und Drang und Empfindsamkeit. Stuttgart: Reclam.ISBN: 3-15-009621-9 J. G. Herder, Journal meiner Reise im Jahr 1769. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-009793-2 J.W. Goethe, Faust I + II (Der Tragödie erster Teil. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil.) Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-100039-8 G.E. Lessing, Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-008968-9 Chr. F. Gellert, Die zärtlichen Schwestern. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-008536-5 F. Schiller, Die Räuber. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-000015-7 K.Ph. Moritz, Anton Reiser. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-004813-3 J.W. Goethe, Wahlverwandtschaften. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-0077835-0 F. Hölderlin, Hyperion. Stuttgart: Reclam ISBN 3-15-000559-0.

720: College Teaching of German, 1 cr.
Chavez, Lec 1, M 7:45 Call No. 52250

Prerequisites: Teaching Assistantship in German.

This course offers an introduction to principles and theory of second-language acquisition as well as foreign-language pedagogy. We will explore the many interpretations of the common term "communicative language teaching/learning"; how to put the concept into practice; and how the concept is rooted in theory. We will look at how every teacher can and should conduct what is called 'action' ("informal", classroom-based) research, as a check mechanism for intuitive practice. We will also consider the influence of teacher and learner variables and how these variables can be embedded in a common theory of teaching and learning. You will be encouraged to explore yourself as a teacher, to get to know the UW-Madison language program, and to familiarize yourself with the profession at large. The course will primarily be assignment- and project- rather than exam-based.

Practical concerns will also be addressed through the Van Hise (Foreign Language) Orientation, which takes place during welcome week (the week before classes start), is mandatory for all course participants, and will count toward course credit (we will cancel Friday meetings during the second half of the semester). Your practice will also be informed through collaboration with the Teaching Assistant Mentor, a pedagogical workshop series, and a course segment called "Issues in Teaching", in which practical concerns raised by you will be discussed.

Concurrent teaching is not required although many course participants will, in fact, be first-time teaching assistants in the Department. Students new to the department who anticipate teaching in the department in the future are also encouraged to enroll. There will be two similar versions of the syllabus,
Please feel free to contact me with questions at mmchavez@wisc.edu.

Textbooks:
Schmitt, Norbert (ed.). (2002). An Introduction to Applied Linguistics. London: Arnold.
Omaggio Hadley, Alice. (2001). Teaching Language in Context. Boston: Heinle & Heinle. (Third Edition).

722: Theory of Teaching German, 2 cr.
Chavez, Lec 1, WF 7:45 Call No. 52293

Prerequisites: German 720 or consent of instructor.

See description for German 720.

727:Topics in Applied Linquistics: Language Use in the Foreign Language Classroom, 3 cr.
Chavez, Lec 1, MWF 8:50 Call No. 54356

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

Virtually all theories of second-language acquisition, including those pertaining to input, output, interaction, sociocultural theory, and cognitive language learning, recognize language use as critical to language learning. In foreign-language teaching/learning, the classroom is the primary or even only locus of target-language use. How language is used in the classroom directly relates to language learning. In addition, language use contributes to and reflects the students' perceptions of the communicative viability and authenticity of the foreign language.

In this course, we will concern ourselves with various aspects of language use, including teacher and learner language-use patterns; language use in different learning tasks; language use with NS as compared to NNS; L1 as compared to L2 use; anxiety; progress toward the goal of oral proficiency, and problems in relating oral proficiency with language use. By the end of the semester, we will hopefully arrive at a better understanding of the manifold interpretations of what happens ("legitimately" or not) in a "communicative" classroom; related causes and results; and whether certain theoretical viewpoints emerge in actual classroom practice, either intentionally or co-incidentally.

All readings will be drawn from journal articles and book chapters. The readings will be assembled in a reading pack, available at Bob's Copy Shop (Union South) at the beginning of the semester. We will begin with a brief overview of various theories and their explicit or implicit take on language use so that little or no prior experience in second-language acquisition is necessary. Assignments will include regular readings and class participation; one take-home exam; several small (classroom) observation- and interview-based projects; and one research/teaching project, concluded with a paper and presentation. Each project will be conducted jointly by at least two researchers/teachers and common class meetings will be suspended during short periods, to allow students time for individual consultation with the instructor in planning and conducting their projects. Course participants do not need to hold a teaching appointment.
Please feel free to contact me with questions at mmchavez@wisc.edu.

755: Readings in Middle High German, 3 cr.
Calomino, Lec 1, MWF 9:55 Call No. 56102

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor or German 651.

This course is devoted to reading and discussion of literary (and other) works from the twelfth through the fourteenth/fifteenth centuries. The development of courtly narrative will be a primary consideration in the first half of the course. Verse narratives from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as well as later prose adaptations will form the basis of these discussions. Further topics will include the use of German prose both for translation and as an independent medium of composition; historical texts; the development of liturgical and secular drama. Class time will be spent on literary and linguistic interpretation, translation, and stylistic analysis of passages from each work. The following texts will be included, although additional readings can be added or modified according to students' needs: Hartmann von Aue, Iwein; Heinrich von Veldeke, Eneasroman; Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan; Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival; Priester Eberhard, Gandersheimer Reimchronik; Der Stricker, Erzählungen; prose chronicles and municipal charters; Oster- und Passionsspiele; Fastnachtspiele.

Textbooks:
Heinrich von Veldeke, Eneasroman. Stuttgart: Reclam. ISBN # 3-15-008303-6 Hartmann von Aue, Iwein. Band I, Textausgabe. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. ISBN # 3-11-007516-4 Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival. Ed. Bernd Schirok / Karl Lachmann. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. ISBN # 3-11-016479-5 Die Gandersheimer Reimchronik des Priesters Eberhard. Ed. Ludwig Wolff. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, (Altdeutsche Textbibliothek, #25).Der Stricker, Verserzählungen. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer. ISBN # 3-484-20071-5 Recommended: Paul/Wiehl/Grosse, Mittelhochdeutsche Grammatik. Tübingen: Niemeyer. M. Lexer, Mittelhochdeutsches Taschenwörterbuch. Stuttgart: Hirzel B. Hennig, Kleines mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch. 4th or latest ed. Tübingen: Niemeyer.

758: Topics in Contemporary German: German Syntax, 3 cr.
Louden, Lec 1, TR 9:30-10:45 Call No. 50814

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

This course is designed to provide students with a thorough grounding in the basic syntactic structures of modern spoken German within the context of primarily generative syntactic theory, though we will consider analyses from non-generative frameworks and linguistic typology as well. The course will involve readings and exercises based on a primary text, Einführung in die Syntax (Karl Heinz Ramers, 2000), as well as a copy packet of readings from other sources. Though our focus will be on the spoken colloquial standard variety of German, there will be frequent references to data from other nonstandard varieties and earlier stages of German, as well as other Germanic languages. Important topic areas include the following: methods of syntactic analysis; X-bar theory; nominal phenomena (NP, DP, PP, AP, Adv; grammatical gender); nominal specifiers, complements, adjuncts; verbal phenomena (VP, IP, CP); verb movement, V2 phenomena; verbal specifiers, complements, adjuncts; case and theta theory; NP movement; tense, auxiliary selection, modality.

Textbooks:
Ramers, Karl Heinz. 2000. Einführung in die Syntax. Fink/UTB. ISBN: 3-7705-3441-7

804: Interdisciplinary Western European Area Studies Seminar: Europeanization and the Reform of National Welfare States, 3 cr.
Zeitlin, Sem 1, T 2:00-5:00pm Call No. 52249

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

This graduate seminar will focus on the reciprocal interaction between Europeanization and national welfare state reform. How far and by what means has European integration influenced domestic reforms of welfare and labor market institutions across EU Member States? And how have such national-level reform processes influenced the evolution of EU social and employment policymaking? These mutual influences are particularly significant in the case of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), where EU Member States collaborate with the European Commission in defining common strategic objectives, monitoring each other's performance in meeting them against agreed indicators, and promoting additional reforms through both precept and example. The seminar will address the problem of Europeanization and national reform in the context of broader debates about the nature and dynamics of institutional change. Does the impact of Europe vary systematically across different countries depending on the pre-existing "goodness of fit" between EU policies and national institutions? Or does EU policymaking instead help to overcome path dependency and institutional lock-in of national welfare states? If so, what are the mechanisms through which such path alteration in fact takes place? And what are the implication of such processes for the future evolution of Europe?s historically distinct welfare regimes and employment systems? The seminar should be of special interest to graduate students in Political Science, Sociology, Public Affairs, Law, Geography, and contemporary History. Participants will have extensive opportunity to interact with visiting European scholars and students.

947: Advanced Seminar in German Literature: Bild und Text, 3 cr.
Mödersheim and Gross, Sem 1, W 4:00-6:30pm Call No. 78200

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

Das Verhältnis von Bild und Text spielt seit Jahrhunderten eine wichtige Rolle in der Ästhetik, Rhetorik, Literaturtheorie sowie Kultur- und Medienwisschaft. In diesem Seminar beschäftigen wir uns mit verschiedenen Ausprägungen dieses Verhältnisses und seiner theoretischen Analyse. Anhand von Primärtexten und ausgewählten Materialien von der frühen Neuzeit bis in die Gegenwartsliteratur (mit einigen Ausflügen in die klassische Antike: carmina figurata, Homer, Vergil) werden wir die Rolle von Bildern in Texten und für Texte untersuchen. Unser methodisches 'Arsenal' wird Theorien zu Bild und Text von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart umfassen; dabei werden wir semiotische, rhetorische, literarische und medientechnische Ansätze fruchtbar machen. Untersuchen werden wir Korrespondenzen, Komplementarität und Konkurrenz zwischen den 'Schwesterkünsten' Text und Bild, Fragen der Intermedialität in verschiedenen Konstellationen von Schrift und Bild und die spezifischen Funktionsweisen der jeweiligen Medien. Das Seminar wird unter anderem folgende Schwerpunkte umfassen:
Lessings "Laokoon"und seine Rezeption bis in die Gegenwart
Bild-rhetorische Gattungen: Ekphrasis, Allegorie, Metapher, Symbol.
Bi-mediale Gattungen: unter anderem Emblematik, Flugschriften und Einblattdrucke, visuelle Poesie/ Figurengedichte, konkrete Poesie, sowie die Verbindung von Bild und Text in illuminierten Handschriften, illustrierten Inkunabeln, Druckgraphik,Typographie, Bildgeschichten, Montage und Werbung.
"Bilder in Texten" in zwei Romanen der Gegenwartsliteratur (ergänzend: Bildgedichte)
Visuelle Poetiken (Handke, Rilke)
Voraussetzungen und Anforderungen: Interesse an übergreifenden interdisziplinären Fragestellungen und Spaß an genauer Lektüre und Analyse; aktive Teilnahme an der Diskussion; Referat; eine Seminararbeit. Das Seminar wird von Sabine Mödersheim und Sabine Groß gemeinsam unterrichtet.
Webseite: http://palimpsest.lss.wisc.edu/~moeders/gr947

Textbooks:
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Laokoon oder Über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie. Reclam (UB 271) ISBN 3-15-000271-0.
Gert Hofmann: Der Blindensturz. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-423-11992-6 Peter Handke: Die Lehre der Sainte Victoire. Suhrkamp Verlag. ISBN 3-518-39116-X OR ISBN 3-518-37570-9.
Anne Duden: Das Judasschaf. Rotbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-88022-439-0.


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