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GERMANOn this page: Introduction | Faculty Members | Programs | Courses See also: Course Summer Timetable | Course Winter Timetable | Secondary School Information | More on Department IntroductionFor more than a thousand years the German-speaking countries have been the cultural and political core of Central Europe. During the last two hundred years their importance has steadily increased, and with the recent developments in eastern Europe their influence seems certain to grow even more. The importance of the German language has grown correspondingly: it is the second foreign language after English in the countries of central and eastern Europe, and its use is spreading within the European Community. Learning German opens the door to many fields of intellectual, technical and politico-economic endeavour. German scholars have been leaders in philosophy, the sciences, history, archaeology, sociology and political science, while German literature is equally distinguished, with writers like Goethe, Kafka, Rilke, Brecht, Mann, Grass, etc., who have dealt with the widest possible range of human problems and concerns. The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures offers courses on literature from the Middle Ages to the present, so that the student may acquire an overview of this significant element of German life and culture. Also offered are language courses on the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels, with practice in reading, writing, comprehending and speaking German, as well as stylistics, linguistics, and the specialized vocabulary and concepts of business. Instruction in Dutch and Yiddish is also offered on the beginning and intermediate levels. The Department supports opportunities for students to study and work in Germany, by encouraging participation in programs established by the German government, by Canadian universities, and by our own Arts and Science Faculty's "Study Elsewhere Program." One of these is the exchange program under which Toronto students, accompanied by a Mentor from the Department, can spend the academic year at the Humboldt University in Berlin. A knowledge of German is a virtual necessity for specialists in many disciplines; it is also very useful in certain career areas (e.g., the foreign service, interpretation and translation, librarianship, business and commerce, music, tourism, and of course teaching). The successful completion of a four-year program, including seven approved courses in German, may entitle the student to enter the M.A. or Ph.D. program in the Graduate Division of the Department. Students entering with some previous knowledge of German but without an OAC qualification may be asked to write an initial assessment test and will then be advised to take courses at the appropriate level. Students who have taken German in high school to OAC level will normally begin with GER 202Y/204Y. Information on studies in German Language and/or Literature can be obtained from the Associate Chair. Associate Chair: Professor H.W. Seliger. Enquiries: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 50 St. Joseph Street, Room 322 (926-2324). E-mail: german@chass.utoronto.ca
GERMAN PROGRAMSGERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (B.A.)Enrolment in the Specialist and Major programs is open to students who have successfully completed four courses and who have the required competence in German. Students without OAC German should arrange their courses in consultation with the Department. Specialist program (Hon.B.A.): S21351 (10 full courses or their equivalent) The Specialist Program requires that at least four of the ten courses must be at the 300+ level with a minimum of one course at the 400-level.
Major program Major program: M21351 (7 full courses or their equivalent) The Major Program requires that at least two of the seven courses must be at the 300+ level.
Minor program Minor program: R21351 (4 full courses or their equivalent, including one 300-series course) Four GER courses forming a coherent series, which must be approved by the Department before enrolment in the Second Year. GERMAN AND PHILOSOPHY (Hon.B.A.) Specialist program: S16201 (13 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 400-series course) Enrolment in this program is open to students who have successfully completed four courses and who have the required competence in German. Students without OAC German should arrange their courses in consultation with the Department. NOTE: At least one of the GER or PHL/PHI courses must be at the 400-level. GERMAN: (6 courses)
PHILOSOPHY: (7 courses)
GERMAN STUDIES PROGRAM(Hon.B.A.) Specialist program: S14001 (10 full courses or their equivalent with at least one course at the 400-level)Enrolment in this program is open to students who have successfully completed four courses and who have the required competence in German. Students without OAC German should arrange their courses in consultation with the Department.
GER 100Y, 200Y/202Y, 204Y, 220Y, 230H, 231H, 232H, 300Y/303Y/370Y, 324Y, 328H, 334H, 351Y, 400Y/470Y, 415H, 416H, 426H, 430Y, 434H, 435H, 440H, 441H, 442H, 443H, 450Y, 460Y, 490H Group B: German Culture and History: FAH 385H, 405H, 407H; HIS 317Y, 331H, 334Y, 340Y, 342Y, 398Y, 407Y, 414Y, 444Y, 445Y, 446Y, 486H; MUS 202H, 204H, 205H, 408H; PHL 215H, 216H, 312H, 315H, 316H, 320H, 321H; POL 303Y, 307Y, 320Y, 400H, 405Y, 444Y, 446Y, 460Y, 482Y; RLG 223H, 301H, 302H, 332Y, 342Y, 344Y BUSINESS GERMAN (B.A.)Minor program: R24531 (4 full courses or their equivalent)
GERMAN — See also MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGES YIDDISH (B.A.)Minor program: R11631 (4 full courses or their equivalent)
GERMAN COURSES(see Section 4 for Key to Course Descriptions)For Distribution Requirement purposes, all GER courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses.
HUM199Y 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 breadth requirement course; see First Year Seminars: 199Y. The World Literature Program also includes courses from this department; see under WLD NOTE Students with German-speaking background are expected to consult the Department about their programs. The Department reserves the right to place students in the language course appropriate to their level of language skill. Reading lists for the various courses are available from the Department. Students intending to specialize in German may also consult the calendar of Erindale College for additional course offerings which may be counted for specialization.
GER100Y An intensive language course for students with no previous knowledge of German. Practice in comprehension, reading, writing and speaking.
An intensive language course for students who have studied German, but who have not quite attained OAC level. Practice in comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. This course is equivalent to the Spring Term of GER100Y.
GER105Y An introduction to reading and translating German scholarly and scientific texts with the aid of a dictionary. No previous knowledge of German necessary; basic grammar and pronunciation are taught.
GER200Y Continuation of work done in GER100Y/101H. Expansion of basic grammar and vocabulary, practice in comprehension, translations, compositions, and conversation.
GER202Y This course is intended for students coming to the Department with an OAC in German. Review of basic grammar, expansion of basic vocabulary, practice in comprehension and in the active skills of writing (translations, compositions) and conversation. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate course in the series GER202Y, 300Y, 400Y, and 450Y.
GER204Y An introduction to the study of German literature and literary concepts. Texts are chosen which are linguistically accessible to students who are still developing their reading skills and which are interesting and representative of a period or genre. Required for majors and specialists.
GER232H Representative dramas of the 19th and 20th centuries by such authors as Büchner, Hauptmann, Wedekind, Kaiser, Brecht and Dürrenmatt are analyzed in depth and the dramatic forms highlighted. When available, a film version of the drama will be discussed.
GER235Y An overview of contemporary German culture and its historical roots, with special emphasis on Germany in the European context. Issues such as German identity, the quest for empire, church-state relations, the culture of court and city, urbanization and industrialization, and the conflict of ideologies in the recent past. Knowledge of German not required.
GER260Y 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.
GER265Y A language course for students with little or no previous knowledge of Dutch. Practice in comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
GER299Y Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 46 for details.
GER300Y German at the intermediate level: extension of vocabulary, specific problems of grammar, practice in translation, essay-writing, reading and conversation. Students intending to specialize in German must take a second-year literature course as well. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate course in the series GER202Y, 300Y, 400Y and 450Y.
GER303Y For non-specialists and non-majors who wish to improve their German skills. A multi-media approach combines readings in various pop genres with films and video, art and music. A component on marginalized voices (lesbian, gay and Gastarbeiter) is included. (Offered in alternate years)
GER324Y Literature from Romanticism, Biedermeier, and the political activism of Young Germany to the age of Realism and the unification of Germany under Bismarck; authors such as Eichendorff, Heine, Büchner, Keller, Droste-Hülshoff, and Fontane.
GER328H A selection of works from this highly influential period in German literature with emphasis on Lessing (Aufklärung), the early Goethe, Schiller and their young contemporaries (Sturm und Drang). Required for specialists.
GER334H Varieties of German, Swiss, and Austrian drama, from the beginning of the century to the present; playwrights such as Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Kaiser, Brecht, Frisch, Dürrenmatt and Strauß. (Offered in alternate years)
GER351Y A close study of the major phases of German film making practices. Art Film, Expressionism, "Ministry of the Illusion" and Nazi Propaganda, DEFA and G.D.R. film, New German Cinema and German Women Film makers. An investigation of cultural, political and institutional determinants from past to present. Knowledge of German not required.
GER360Y Review of basic grammar, stylistics, study of short literary texts. Conducted in Yiddish.
GER361Y Yiddish literature from its beginnings to its flowering in the modern period. Writers such as Sholom Aleichem, Peretz, Glatstein, Grade and Singer are studied. (Yiddish optional).
GER365Y Advanced grammar and syntax, vocabulary building, conversation, translation. Introduction to short literary and cultural texts. (Offered in alternate years)
GER370Y An introduction to the use of German in the business context. Building on grammar and vocabulary knowledge already acquired, the course enables students to correspond and converse in basic business situations.
GER400Y Study of idioms, translation, essay writing, reading, problems of grammar, and oral practice. The Department reserves the right to place students in the appropriate course in the series GER202Y, 300Y, 400Y and 450Y.
GER415H A systematic description of the phonology, lexicology, syntax, and semantics of present-day Standard German. (Offered in alternate years)
GER416H The development of German from its Indo-European origins to the present, together with the essentials of the cultural background. (Offered in alternate years)
GER426H An introduction to the language, literature, and civilization of Mediaeval Germany.
GER430Y Traces the development of Romantic thought from its origin to its culmination around 1825. GER430Y or 460Y is required for the Specialist program. (Offered in alternate years)
GER434H Prose and poetry from Naturalism and Neo-Romanticism at the turn of the century to Expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, Innere Emigration, and Exilliteratur, with works by such authors as Hauptmann, Hofmannsthal, Rilke, Benn, Musil, Broch, Mann, Kafka, and Hesse. (Offered in alternate years)
GER435H Prose and poetry since World War II, from the Stunde Null through the Restoration, the division of Germany, the political 60s and beyond, to questions of the place of the individual in our world today; works by such writers as Böll, Celan, Dürrenmatt, Frisch, Grass, Handke, Bobrowski, and Wolf. (Offered in alternate years)
GER440H/441H/442H/443H The aim of this course is to stimulate students to engage in depth and/or breadth with certain topics chosen because of their inherent interest. Senior Seminar for 1998-99:
GER443H Multiculturalism is considered from two points of view: 1) Encounters of native German-speakers both at home and abroad with the cultural Other; 2) Confrontations of ethnic minorities with linguistically German culture from inside Germany and Austria. Selected texts provide the basis for discussion.
GER450Y Advanced language practice, concentrating on problems of translation and style.
GER460Y The classical period in German literature with a focus on major works of Goethe and Schiller. GER430Y or 460Y is required for the Specialist program.(Offered in alternate years)
GER461Y Advanced reading, writing, vocabulary and conversation. Study of poetry, short fiction, and memoir literature by leading authors such as Halpern, Margolin Opatoshu, Sholem Aleichem and I.I. Singer. Selected advanced grammatical topics presented in conjunction with the study of texts. Conducted entirely in Yiddish.
GER470Y Intensive development of the linguistic skills needed in the context of a German business environment.
GER490H A reading and research project in Germanic literature or linguistics.
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