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Spring Quarter 2010 Course Descriptions

[ Dutch ]. [ German ]. [ Scandinavian ]. [ Swedish ]. [ Yiddish ].

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Dutch

not offered Spring Quarter

German


Introduction to German; development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing skills and cultural knowledge.
Text - Deutsch: Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.
Please note: Students should attend one of the initial orientation sessions. In this program, students work by appointment with the Center's instructors to set goals and to receive assistance with self-managed learning. Students register for and complete from 1 to 5 credit hours during the quarter. Students who complete 5 hours before the end of the quarter may proceed to 102.51. For the dates of the orientation sessions and for more information about the program, visit the Individualized Instruction Web site at http://germanic.osu.edu/individualized-51/default.cfm
Texts: Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.

Continued development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing skills and cultural knowledge.
Text: Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.
Please note: Students should attend one of the initial orientation sessions. In this program, students work by appointment with the Center's instructors to set goals and to receive assistance with self-managed learning. Students register for and complete from 1 to 5 credit hours during the quarter. Students who complete 5 hours before the end of the quarter may proceed to 103.51. For the dates of the orientation sessions and for more information about the program, visit the Individualized Instruction Web site at http://germanic.osu.edu/individualized-51/default.cfm
Texts: Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.

Intensive review of basic structures, vocabulary and skills needed for entry into German 103.01
Text: Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.

Continued development of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing skills and cultural knowledge; grammar review.
Texts: Langenscheidt Standard German Dictionary; Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.
Please note: Students should attend one of the initial orientation sessions. In this program, students work by appointment with the Center's instructors to set goals and to receive assistance with self-managed learning. Students register for and complete from 1 to 5 credit hours during the quarter. Students who complete 5 hours before the end of the quarter may proceed to 104.51. For the dates of the orientation sessions and for more information about the program, visit the Individualized Instruction Web site at http://germanic.osu.edu/individualized-51/default.cfm
Texts: Langenscheidt Standard German Dictionary; Na klar! 5th edition, Di Donato, et al.

Vocabulary building, reading, listening and written practice; cultural knowledge.
Please note: Students should attend one of the initial orientation sessions. In this program, students work by appointment with the Center's instructors to set goals and to receive assistance with self-managed learning. Students register for and complete from 1 to 5 credit hours during the quarter. For the dates of the orientation sessions and for more information about the program, visit the Individualized Instruction Web site at http://germanic.osu.edu/individualized-51/default.cfm
Texts: Blickwechsel, German in Review, and Langenscheidt Standard German Dictionary
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—5 Credit Hours
M W F 2:30—3:48
German 201 is a prerequisite for the German major and minor programs and for semester- or year-long study-abroad programs in Germany. To prepare students for either experience, and to encourage continued study of German for all others, the course covers a wide range of important skills and knowledge areas, with attention being paid both to the language and to "content" -- information about Germany, German culture, literature, and socio-political developments in German-speaking countries—a required skill for prospective teachers and for all others who wish to use German in their careers.
Prof. Becker-Cantarino, email: becker-cantarino.1@osu.edu
T R 11:30-1:18 / GEC course
This course serves as an introduction to the literature, culture, and history of German immigrants to North America, especially to the Midwest and Ohio, from the seventeenth century into the twentieth. We will study selected settlements (like German Village in Columbus) and selected individuals (from Ohio missionary David Zeisberger to Henry Kissinger and Albert Einstein) and their (auto)biographies and letters, as well as stories and tales of German pioneer authors (like Sealsfield and Karl May). A virtual excursion to Gnadenhuetten, Schoenbrunn, and Zoar will provide a first-hand encounter with the culture and life of the settlers—and what is left of it.
Taught in English. GEC course.
Prof. Mergenthaler, email: mergenthaler.4@osu.edu
M W 9:30-11:18 / GEC course
Study of popular culture forms in relation to the artistic, intellectual, historic, and literary traditions of the German-speaking world.
Taught in English. GEC course.
German 263H The Faust Theme—5 Credit Hours (GEC course)
Prof. Hammermeister, email: hammermeister.2@osu.edu
T R 1:30-3:18
This course will be taught in English. GEC course
Faust, the man who sells his soul to the devil, is one of the few mythical figures created by the modern age. His story has, for hundreds of years, been told and retold in poems, dramas, puppet plays, ballets, novels, paintings, symphonies, book illustrations, operas, and films. Faust's infinite attraction for the arts stems from the very idea he embodies, namely that of struggle. But the forces that are seen at war with each other change with every century, author, and composer. Faith and heresy, hope and nihilism, sensuality and asceticism, love and lust, art and politics—all of these battle for redemption or damnation in different versions of Faust. This course on the Faust theme will thus shed light on the different ages and mentalities that are expressed in each version. From a close study of transformation of the Faust theme, we will ultimately derive an outline of the cultural history of Germany.
This class approaches the Faust theme from a variety of different angles. We will consider Elizabethan drama (Marlowe), and we will also study the Faust theme in the Arts like painting (Delacroix), etching (Rembrandt), symphonic and operatic music (Liszt, Berlioz, Gounod), as well as film (Murnau). The main focus of the course, however, will be two outstanding works of German literature: Goethe's Faust and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus.
Prof. Fehervary, email: fehervary.1@osu.edu
T R 9:30-11:18 / GEC course
Two hundred years of German literature, arts, philosophy, and social thought, as they reflect cultural and social life in German-speaking countries.
Taught in English. GEC arts and hums lit course.
Prof. Spencer, email: spencer.4@osu.edu
T R 3:30-5:18 p GEC course
Taught in English !
Culture of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany in literature, film, the other arts; the roots of fascism and its echoes in postwar Germany.
GEC arts and hums cultures and ideas course.
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Prof. Taleghani-Nikazm, email: taleghani-nikazm.1@osu.edu
M W F 12:30-1:48
German 301 is the first language and cultural skills course on the advanced level. In addition to printed materials, students will utilize Web-based resources. Students will explore events, accomplishments, shortcomings, trends, and ideas in German culture, science, politics, and society from the Revolution of 1848 to the end of the Third Reich.
Prof. Corl, email: corl.1@osu.edu
T R 5:30-7:18
Continued development of cultural knowledge and communication skills in German; study of business trends, traditions, and structures through audio, video, print texts; four-skills course.
Prereq: 202 or equiv or permission of instructor.

T R 3:30-5:18
German perspectives on and in 20th-century American culture. Influence of German thought and writings on American culture; German views of American culture. Taught in English. GEC course.
Prof. Ribaj, email: ribaj.1@osu.edu
M W 1:30-3:18
Reading, analysis, and discussion of representative works pertaining to the Holocaust from the perspectives of the German and Ashkenazic traditions.

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Prof. Malkmus, email: malkmus.1@osu.edu
M W F 1:30-2:48
German 401 is the second language and cultural skills course on the advanced level and builds upon knowledge acquired in German 301. It is meant for students who have begun to master advanced skills in writing, speaking, reading, and listening and are venturing into the complexities and subtleties of the German language. We will review difficult points of German structure, discuss variations in style and regionalisms and work on building vocabulary and using it correctly. Materials used for analysis will include written texts, images as well as music and performance that represent highlights in German culture and history from the early Middle Ages through the beginning of the Second Empire. The comprehensive goal of the course is to enable students to discuss fundamental aspects of early German history in an informed manner and at an advanced level of speaking and writing.
Prof. Grotans, email: grotans.1@osu.edu
T R 9:30-11:18
Development of German literature in its historical, social, and philosophical context from earliest times to the Age of Enlightenment.
Prereq: 201 or equiv, and one German literature course; or permission of instructor. Taught in German.
Prof. Hens, email: hens.1@osu.edu
T R 1:30-3:18
Studies and intensive discussion of current cultural and social issues in the German-speaking world; newspaper readings, internet material, guest lectures, films, music and student presentations; topic varies.
Prereq: 401 or equiv or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 10 cr hrs. Taught in German.
Prof. Hens, email: hens.1@osu.edu
M W 11:30-1:18
Discussion of stylistic variation in modern German. Comparative analysis of (literary and non-literary) writing styles. Review of advanced grammatical and lexical structures. Development of a sophisticated expository style through essay writing assignments.
Prof. Davidson, email: davidson.92@osu.edu
T R 11:30-1:18
Development of film in Germany from 1945 to period after reunification; fundamental elements of film and film analysis; developments in German film in light of cultural and historical frameworks.
Prereq: Jr standing or above or permission of instructor.
German 693 Individual Studies — 2-5 Credit Hours
Prereq: Signature of undergraduate advisor or Graduate Studies Committee chair as applicable.
Prereq: Written permission of department chairperson.
Prof. Fehervary, email: fehervary.1@osu.edu
T R 1:30-3:18
The novel, Novelle, short story, and other forms of German prose: historical overview, theory, and selected primary texts as illustration.
Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor.
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Prof. Mergenthaler, email: mergenthaler.4@osu.edu
M W 1:30-3:18
Study of major works chosen to present prominent themes and problems and/or important developments within the period; topic varies.
Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor.
German 893 Individual Studies — 2-5 Credit Hours
Prereq: Permission of chair of Graduate Studies Committee.
Prof. Hammermeister, email: hammermeister.2@osu.edu
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Two or more departments present seminars on subjects of mutual interest; topics to be announced.
Prereq: Permission of instructor(s).

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Topics vary in focus and methodology; emphasis may range from individual authors, works, or themes to theoretical or interdisciplinary issues; major research papers.
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German 993 Individual Studies — 1-5 Credit Hours
Prereq: Signature of Graduate Studies Committee chair.
Research for master's thesis.
Research for dissertation purposes only.

Scandinavian

Investigation of problems in the various fields of Scandinavian literature and philology. Prereq: Permission of chairperson.

Swedish

Prof. Risko, email: risko.1@osu.edu
M W 3:30-5:18 Text: Althén, Anette. Mål 2 Lärobok (textbook with CD); Althén, Anette. Mål Övningsbok (workbook). Both Stockholm: Natur och Kultur (2007 edition).
Swedish 293 Individual Studies — 2-5 Credit Hours
Prereq: 104 or equiv or permission of instructor. Taught in Swedish.
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Yiddish

Yiddish is the language of the largest country in Europe; a key to the last thousand years of Jewish life; the language of a great national culture; and the secret of what makes today's Jews the way they are.
Yiddish 101-104 provides a comprehensive foundation in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending the national language of Ashkenazic Jewry. Yiddish language courses are applicable toward satisfaction of the foreign language requirement.
Yiddish 293 Individual Studies — 1-5 Credit Hours
Prereq: Written permission of instructor.
Prof. Miller, email: miller.3@osu.edu
MTWRF 2:30-3:18 / GEC course
Introduction to Jewish-American literature; development of expository writing and argumentation skills through systematic and critical reflection upon their own country from the perspective of an ethnic community.
Prereq: English 110 or 111 or equiv, and soph standing or above. GEC second writing course.
Prof. Jacobs, email: jacobs.8@osu.edu
M W 11:30-1:18
Taught in English . . . GEC course
Reading and analysis of texts (primary documents, memoirs, academic works, fictional literature), and presentation and discussion of films and music pertaining to the topic of the Holocaust, the genocide perpetrated by Nazi Germany against European Jewry. The main focus of this course is internal: on the representation of the experiences, responses, reactions, and impact of the Holocaust within Ashkenazic-Jewish civilization.
Yiddish 641 Places in Ashkenaz — 5 Credit Hours
Prof. Miller, miller.3@osu.edu
T R 12:30—2:18
Jewish society of a specific place (e.g., Vienna; Amsterdam); tradition and modernity; assimilation and continuity; cultural, literary, and linguistic expression; arts and entertainment.
Prereq: Jr standing or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for German 641, without permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. Specific topics not repeatable for credit.
Yiddish 693 Individual Studies — 1-5 Credit Hours
Prereq: Written permission of instructor.
Prof. Jacobs, email: jacobs.8@osu.edu
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In-depth study of a selected topic or issue in Yiddish literature, linguistics, or intellectual culture.
Yiddish 998 Research in Yiddish — 1-10 Credit Hours
Research for thesis purposes only. Prereq: Permission of instructor.
Information in this course description bulletin is subject to change.
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