German Courses
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Current Lower Level Course
Syllabi
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Planned Upper Level Offerings Fall 2010 - Spring 2014
German Studies
Upper Level Course Offerings
Spring 2010
Prerequisite for all courses (except FLG 492): FLG 202 or equivalent.
All courses are taught in German.
FLG 309 Advanced German Conversation
TuTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM 168 Harrelson Hall
Dr. Jonathan Wipplinger, jowippli@ncsu.edu, 515-9296
In this course we will use authentic texts and materials from contemporary Germany to develop your facility with the German language. We will use images, texts, film, and online media to discuss a variety of topics in German culture. A major focus of this course will be the study of youth and youth culture. We will look both to the current situation as well as to the past to see how Germany’s young compare and contrast with that of the United States.
FLG 318 New German Cinema
MWF 10:15AM - 11:05AM 238 Harrelson Hall
Dr. Lutz Kube, lkube@ncsu.edu, 515-9304
New German Cinema stands for the artistic revival of German film after a relatively stagnant period following World War II. In this course we will explore the New German Cinema by studying a number of its directors as well as a selection of their films. Throughout the course we will pay attention to the historical and cultural context of Germany from the seventies to the nineties. We will watch and discuss films by, among others, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Margarethe von Trotta.
FLG 323 Twentieth Century Literature – Focus on Franz Kafka
TuTh 10:15AM - 11:30AM 130 Withers Hall
Dr. Ruth Gross, rvgross@ncsu.edu, 515-9310.
If you think of dream of musical dogs, scholarly apes, singing mice, starving as an art, writing as torture, constant paranoia and feelings of guilt, and waking up one morning and being turned into a giant vermin (and even if you don’t) – this class is for you. The focus of this course will be Franz Kafka, one of the major German language writers of the 20th century. We will read a number of Kafka’s works, including Die Verwandlung and Der Prozess. Besides works by Kafka, other authors to be discussed will be Freud, Nietzsche, and Thomas Mann.
FLG 390 German Studies Topics: Germans Imagine America
MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM 181 Harrelson Hall
Dr. Derrick Miller (UNCW), millerd@uncw.edu, (910) 962-7379 (via live videoconferencing. Local liaison or for questions about this course: Dr. Helga Braunbeck, helga_braunbeck@ncsu.edu)
This course poses the question, "How have Germans imagined 'the New World,' from before the founding of the USA, through the Civil War, and into the early 20th century?" We will investigate the symbolic values that Germans have assigned to America, particularly the USA and the South, and how these ideas helped shaped their own sense of identity. Together, we will study a chronicle of early 18th-century Austrian settlers in Georgia, a bilingual primer designed to teach English to German children in Virginia, a German western, and more.
FLG 492 Senior Seminar: Germany’s Roaring Twenties
TuTh 11:45AM - 1:00PM 233 Harrelson Hall
Dr. Jonathan Wipplinger, jowippli@ncsu.edu, 515-9296
The 1920s is one of the most exciting and turbulent periods of German history. Against a backdrop of social upheaval caused by defeat in World War I and the rise of the Nazis, German culture produced some of the most important and innovative artworks of the 20th century. In this course, we will look at how artists and everyday Germans experienced and worked through the uncertainties of the period in literature, film, music, and the visual arts. Preq: Two 300 level FLG courses on literature or culture or film, or talk to Dr. Wipplinger.
German Studies
Upper Level Course Offerings
Fall 2009
Prerequisite for all courses (except for FLG 430): FLG 202
or equivalent.
All courses are taught IN GERMAN
FLG 300 – Introduction to German Literature
TH 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. in 130 Withers
Dr. Ruth Gross, rvgross@ncsu.edu
You will learn to read and analyze German, Austrian, and Swiss literary texts in their cultural and historical contexts. We’ll discuss various genres (short story, novel, drama, poetry), formal aspects, literary periods, and a variety of critical approaches, using examples from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.
FLG 307 – Business German
MW 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. in 132 Winston
Dr. Jonathan Wipplinger, jowippli@ncsu.edu
In this course we will learn how to function in German in various business settings. We will cover topics such as: communication through phone, emails, letters; writing a resume and job application, preparing for a job interview; ordering and marketing; banking; company organization forms, and doing a presentation on a product and on your company. We will use a textbook with a CD, the internet, and a discussion board. We will also talk about current issues of the German and European economy. Practice and assessment through dialogue, group work, role play, writing tasks, student presentations, and exams.
FLG 310 – Advanced German Syntax and Composition
MWF 10:15 – 11:05 a.m., in 105 Withers
Dr. Lutz Kube, lkube@ncsu.edu
Mastering advanced German grammar should help you communicate your ideas better and with higher accuracy. This class features grammar work and advanced writing practice within the context of informative texts, art, music and film, such as texts on the city of Berlin, modern German art (Anselm Kiefer), music (Richard Wagner), and film (Run Lola Run). This class is a continuation of FLG 202 and uses the second half of the same textbook, Anders gedacht.
FLG 311, German Studies Topics: Introduction to Translation Studies
TH 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. in 202 Poe
Dr. Jill Twark, ECU, twarkj@ecu.edu, 252-328-6529, http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/foreign/faculty/twark.cfm
through life videoconferencing. NC State Liason: Dr. Helga Braunbeck, helga_braunbeck@ncsu.edu
Students will learn how to translate texts of various types and topics (economic, political, medical, literary topics, and interviews, etc.) from German to English. The emphasis is on learning different theoretical approaches to translation and developing the ability to decode difficult grammatical and idiomatic language structures.
FLG 430, Cultural Artifacts in the German-Speaking Countries: Sports
TH 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m., in 130 Withers, Prerequisite: Two courses at the FLG 300 level.
Dr. Helga Braunbeck, helga_braunbeck@ncsu.edu
German Studies
Upper Level Course Offerings
Spring 2009
Prerequisite for all courses (except for FLG 492): FLG 202 or equivalent.
All courses are taught IN GERMAN
FLG 309-001 Advanced German Conversation
TH 10:15 - 11:30 a.m in Withers 130
Jonathan Wipplinger, jowippli@ncsu.edu, 515-9296
The goal of this course is for you to learn how to communicate in a variety of authentic settings. We will read texts about 1950s Germany, examine newspaper articles, look at the lives of typical Germans, and view German commercials. We will additionally talk about common German sayings and, more generally, help you to become more active and effective listeners.
FLG 315-001 Germanic Civilization and Culture
MWF 10:15 - 11:05 a.m. in Withers 145
Dr. Lutz Kube, lkube@unity.ncsu.edu, 515-9304
In this class, we will discuss major aspects of German civilization, covering about 300 years from 1700 until 2000. The concept of civilization includes history, politics, literature, art, music, and architecture. One focus of the class will be the city of Berlin as the cultural and political center of Germany and as a paradigm of German history. We will also discuss on how during that 300 years a concept of the German nation was formed and changed during the course of time.
FLG 316-001 German Lyric Poetry
TH 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. in Withers 130
Dr. Ruth Gross, rvgross@unity.ncsu.edu, 515-9310.
In this course we will read and learn to appreciate the 18th, 19th and early 20th century German lyric poem (short, personal verse) that is so much a part of the German cultural tradition. Not only will we look at poetry as poetry, by authors like Claudius, Goethe, Schiller, Mueller, Heine, etc, but also the poetry as it is musically set in its related art form, the German Lied, by composers like Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf. This course is meant for all those students who have a “fear of poetry” as well as for those who love it.
FLG 390-001 German Studies Topics: The World(s) of Brothers Grimm
MW 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. (yes, this time slot is unusual) in Winston 132, Dr. Alexandra Hellenbrand (ASU, hellenbranda@appstate.edu) and Dr. Olga Trokhimenko (UNCW, trokhimenkoo@uncw.edu) through videoconferencing with NC State. Local liason: Dr. Helga G. Braunbeck
This course is a thorough study of one of the most famous masterpieces of German culture—Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale stories Children and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen). By looking at both popular tales (“Cinderella,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Snow White,” “Hansel and Gretel”, etc.) and far less known stories, we will explore fairy tale as genre, the sources of and influences on the Grimms’ collection (both literary and cultural), and its ideological implications. We will look at Märchen as a product of a specific historical era, the tumultuous 19th century, and examine complementary developments in music and the visual arts. Finally, we will look beyond the Grimms at the use of fairy tales in the twentieth century in Nazi-Germany, in the Communist GDR, and in Walt Disney’s animated films, so much loved and beautifully drawn, but by no means as innocent as they appear. Class time will consist of group discussions of texts. All readings, discussions, and written assignments will be conducted primarily in German.
FLG 492-001 Senior Seminar: Germany’s Roaring Twenties
TH 11:45 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. in Withers 130
Jonathan Wipplinger, jowippli@ncsu.edu, 515-9296
The 1920s is one of the most exciting and turbulent periods of German history. Against a backdrop of social upheaval caused by defeat in World War I and the rise of the Nazis, German culture produced some of the most important and innovative artworks of the 20th century. In this course, we will look at how artists and everyday Germans experienced and worked through the uncertainties of the period in literature, film, music, and the visual arts. Preq: Two 300 level FLG courses on literature or culture or film, or talk to Dr. Wipplinger.
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