3311. Talking and Writing about Modern Germany. An advanced course intended to increase active command of the language. Utilizes a variety of short modern texts. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 2312 or the equivalent.

3313. Germany Today: People, Culture, Society. Explores current German culture; readings in newspapers and magazines to acquaint students with today’s German cultural and political scene; conversations, oral presentations and compositions. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3311 or permission of instructor.

3370. Advanced German Grammar and Usage. Intensive study of advanced grammatical forms, syntactical structures and usage distinctions in modern German. Weekly short written assignments. Course is not open to native speakers of the language. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3311 or permission of instructor.

3320. Contemporary German Culture. An exploration of the German culture scene through magazine and newspaper articles, short stories, television and films from the post-war era to the present. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3311 or permission of instructor.

3330. Great German Stories: Kafka, Mann, Wolf and Others. Short narrative forms from the beginning of the 20th century to the present: Mann, Kafka, Brecht, Böll, Seghers, Bachmann, Wolf and others. Includes consideration of two post-war German literatures (the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic). Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3311 or permission of instructor.

4310. Middle Ages to Present: German Poetry. Historical survey of poetic forms from medieval Minnesang through the Baroque and Sturm und Drang to Classicism, Romanticism and 20th-century styles. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3320 or 3313, or permission of instructor.

4320. Modern Drama. Critical reading of dramatic works by major German, Austrian and Swiss authors, with some attention to critical theory: Büchner, Schnitzler, Brecht, Dürrenmatt, Aichinger, Bachmann, Müller, Jelinek and others. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3320 or 3313, or permission of instructor.

4330. Nineteenth-Century Stories, Fairy Tales and Novellas. Short narrative forms from Romanticism through Realism to fin-de-siècle Vienna: Grimm, Eichendorff, Kleist, Storm, Schnitzler and others. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3320 or 3313, or permission of instructor.

4340. Great Plays for Listening. Selections from conventional to experimental post-war plays by Böll, Dürrenmatt, Aichinger, Mayröcker and others. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3320 or 3313, or permission of instructor.

4350. History, Culture and Identity in Post-War German Film. An examination of German films since 1945 from both German states, ending with the depiction of the unification in film, with continued emphasis on improvement of advanced German language skills. Prerequisite: C- or better in GERM 3320.

5310. Reading the Classics. Narrative, poetry and drama representing the German Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, Classicism and Romanticism: Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Novalis and others. Prerequisite: C- or better in any 4000-level course, or permission of instructor.

5330. Problems with the Self. Poems, essays and novellas dealing with the perception of self in various periods of German literature. Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, Büchner, Mann and others. Prerequisite: C- or better in any 4000-level course, or permission of instructor.

5380. Directed Studies. Permission of department.