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German Courses
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HUM199Y1 Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a distribution requirement course; see page 40. Notes Reading lists for the various courses are available from the Department. Students intending to specialize in German may also consult the calendar
of the University of Toronto at Mississauga for additional course offerings
which may be counted for specialization. GER100Y1 An intensive language course for students with no previous knowledge of German.
Practice in comprehension, reading, writing and speaking. This course
can be counted towards all programs in German.
An intensive language course for students with some prior knowledge
of German but not quite OAC level. This course is equivalent to the
Spring Term of GER100Y1. GER150H1 An interdisciplinary course, which introduces students to German social, cultural, and intellectual history. This course is taught in English and is open to all students. GER200Y1 Continuation of work done in GER100Y1/101H1. Further expansion of basic grammar and vocabulary, practice in comprehension, translation, composition, and conversation. GER204H1 An overview of some key works in German literature from 1750 to the present. This course serves as an introduction to German literature, and is suited for students with little or no prior knowledge of the German language. GER205H1 An introduction to the study of German literary texts in the original German. This course is required for majors and specialists. GER215Y1 This course is designed as an introduction to reading scholarly and/or scientific German. Emphasized are translations (German to English), basic grammar, and necessary pronunciation. No previous knowledge of the language is required. There is a computer module for additional practice. This course cannot be taken as part of a German program. GER232H1 Representative dramas of the 19th and 20th centuries by a variety of authors are analysed in depth and the dramatic forms highlighted. When available, a film version of the drama will be discussed.
Themes that include the emergence of identities, the burden of memory,
print cultures, art and politics, the outsider and society, and other
themes, which will vary from year to year, will be explored in depth.
Knowledge of German is not required. GER260Y1 Introduction to Yiddish language, literature, and culture, featuring intensive practice with a native speaker. The dialect taught is that of the text College Yiddish by Uriel Weinreich. GER299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 40 for details. GER300Y1 German at the intermediate level: extension of vocabulary, specific problems of grammar, practice in translation, essay-writing, reading and conversation.. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate course in the series GER200Y1 and GER300Y1. GER305H1 Building on the work of GER205H1, this course explores texts from the mid-18th century to the present. This course is required for majors and specialists. GER324H1 These central themes of Romanticism are examined through reading texts by authors of the era. GER325H1 An examination of German literary movements as they responded to the challenge of social and economic changes in the 19th century. GER326H1 An inquiry into the literary representation of crime, the delinquent and the changing nature of retribution. GER327H1 A survey of the literary confrontation with madness, deviance and the unsconscious. GER328H1 A study of the theme of revolution in German drama from the period preceding the revolution of 1848 up to the post-Vietnam era. GER331H1 Franz Kafka's texts situated within the literary, historical, and philosophical context of fin-de-siècle Prague and central Europe. GER334H1 Expressionism, dada, Bauhaus, the 'Golden Age' in German film: an examination of literary and artistic movements in the era between World War I and the rise of Nazism. GER335H1 An examination of post-World War II German literature and culture from "Zero Hour" through to contemporary debates about the Holocaust and its memorialization. GER351H1 This introduction to German Cinema will provide a historical perspective on
German film and the innovations of German filmmakers. Students will
engage with film language and the analysis of film. Knowledge of German
is not required. GER 352H1 This course concentrates on the relationship between cinematic and
cultural representation through an analysis of GDR films, new German
cinema, and contemporary films. Knowledge of German is not required. GER354Y0/355Y0 The area of concentration depends on the instructor and can vary from year to year. These courses are offered only in Berlin. GER354Y0 This course is taught in English and is open to students from other disciplines. GER355Y0 Students who wish to petition the department for credit toward a specialist or major program in German will be required to do part of their work in German. GER360H1 Review of basic grammar, stylistics, study of short literary texts. Conducted in Yiddish. GER361H1 An overview of the major figures and tendencies in modern Yiddish literature and culture from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. Readings (in English) of modern Yiddish prose, poetry, drama and cinema. GER362H1 Soviet Jewish culture between 1917 and 1941. Works in translation by Soviet
Yiddish writers and poets, performances of central Yiddish theatres,
and publications in central Yiddish periodicals will be analysed as
expressions of Soviet ideology and of ethnic identity.
This course examines how artistic works created by Jews portrayed
and interpreted historical realities during that period. All artistic
media will be examined. GER370H1 An introduction to the use of German in the professional/business context. Emphasis on oral and written communication. GER398H0/399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 40 for details. GER400Y1 For students with a firm grasp of German. Review of advanced features of the language. Emphasis on both oral and written communication. Introduction to aspects of stylistcs. GER410H1 An examination of key moments and themes in German intellectual history from the Enlightenment to the present. GER411H1 Current debates in critical theory. This course will familarize students with some of the key issues in critical theory today, and provide the background to these debates. This course is offered in English GER412H1 History of various concepts of modernity. This course traces the emergence of early theories of modernity in German literature, culture and theory. This course is offered in English. GER420H1 An examination of Goethe and his contemporaries as they respond -through drama,
prose, and poetry- to the challenges of changing times. GER 421H1 With the representation of gender as its focus, this course will examine
key works of modern German literature, where typical themes range from
love, lust and treachery to masochism, cross-dressing and other forms
of gender trouble. GER422H1 An exploration of the cultural development of Berlin through literature, from
the Bismarckian era through the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
to the construction of the Berlin Wall and German unification.
Different topics and a variety of different authors ; to be decided
from year to year. GER426H1 An introduction to the language, literature and civilization of Medieval Germany. GER462H1 Advanced reading, writing, vocabulary and conversation. Study of poetry, short fiction, and memoir literature by leading authors. Selected advanced grammatical topics presented in conjunction with the study of texts. Conducted entirely in Yiddish. GER470H1 Intensive development of the linguistic skills needed in the context of a German business environment. GER490H1 A reading and research project in Germanic literature or linguistics. GER491Y1 A scholarly project chosen by the student and supervised by a member of the staff. The form of the project and the manner of its execution are determined in consultation with the supervisor. All project proposals should be submitted by June 1. |
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