Current curriculum
German course listing
Summer 2008
Spring 2008 300/400
Fall 2007 300/400
Creative Inquiry
Exit exam
Questions-answers
| Course | Title | Information |
| Ger 305 | German Conversation and Composition (3 credits) | MWF 10:10-11:00 in 210 Daniel Instructor: Helene Riley Phone: 656-3402 E-mail: rhelene@clemson.edu |
| Ger 306 | German Short Stories (3 credits) | TTh 12:30-1:45 in 204 Daniel Instructor: John Littlejohn Phone: 656-1348 E-mail: johnl@clemson.edu |
| Ger 360 | German Literature to 1832: "Nachtstücke" (Night Pieces) (3 credits) | TTh 3:30-4:45 in 206 Daniel Instructor: Johannes Schmidt Phone: 656-4299 E-mail: schmidj@clemson.edu |
| Ger 417 (NEW!) | Topics in German International Trade: "Challenges of a European Germany" (3 credits) | MW 4:00-5:15 in 302 Edwards (Nursing Building) Instructor: Lee Ferrell Phone: 656-1348 E-mail: ferrell@clemson.edu |
| Ger 461 (NEW!) | German Literature since 1933: Focus on contemporary literature (3 credits) | TTh 11:00-12:15 in 214 Daniel Instructor: Margit Sinka Phone: 656-3541 E-mail: smargit@clemson.edu |
| Ger 476 | Advanced Seminar in German Thought [in English]: Thomas Mann (3 credits) | MW 2:30-3:45 in 406 Daniel Instructor: Jeff Love Phone: 656-3411 E-mail: gjlove@clemson.edu |
| Creative Inquiry | ||
| Ger 397 | Creative Inquiry in German: "After 1945 -- German Exile Literature and Culture" (3 credits)
(contact instructor to sign up) |
TBA Instructor: Johannes Schmidt Phone: 656-4299 E-mail: schmidj@clemson.edu |
| Ger 497 | Creative Inquiry in German: "Producing a DVD: German Remembrance of the Holocaust in Documentaries and Feature Films " (3 credits)
Enrollment in GER 497 is limited to those currently enrolled in the GER 397 (Creative Inquiry) section on "German Film after Auschwitz: How Documentaries and Feature Films thematize Memory of the Holocaust." |
T 7:00-10:00 pm in 214 Daniel Instructor: Margit Sinka Phone: 656-3541 E-mail: smargit@clemson.edu |
Ger 305 German Conversation and Composition (3 credits)
Training in spoken and written German with emphasis on vocabulary acquisition, oral and written communication strategies, appropriate linguistic formulations for specific cultural contexts, and stylistics. Preq: GER 202 or consent of instructor.
Examines the Austrian, German, and Swiss Short Story as a distinct literary genre that flourished particularly after 1945. Provides ample conversation and composition practice, as well as introduction to principles of literary prose analysis. Preq.: Ger 202 or consent of instructor.
This is a reading-intensive transition course preparing students for all upper level German classes, can be taken in lieu of German 305.
Title: "Thomas Mann: Deceit and Irony of a Novelist"
Examines some of Mann's most characteristic works, including Death in Venice and The Magic Mountain. Particular focus on Mann's ironic and playful practice of the novel as well as on the crucial philosophical, historical and cultural contexts of that practice.
