Germanic Languages and Literatures

Departmental Chair: Dorothea von Mücke, 320 Hamilton; 854-3202; [email protected]

Departmental Adviser: Richard Korb, 311 Hamilton; 854-2070; [email protected]

Language Instruction: Richard Korb, 311 Hamilton; 854-2070; [email protected]

Departmental Office: 319 Hamilton; 854-3202

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Web: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/german/

Language Areas

Language Laboratory

The Language Laboratory, located in 116B Lewisohn, provides intensive practice in pronunciation, diction, and aural comprehension of some 25 modern languages. Exercises are closely integrated with classroom work.

Coordinated tape programs are available and mandatory for students registered in elementary German language courses--they are available and optional in intermediate German language courses. Taped exercises in pronunciation and intonation as well as tapes of selected literary works are also available to all students in German courses. Students should register at the Language Laboratory office during the registration period for each term--see the Calendar for exact dates.

Conversation Courses

Students who wish intensive oral practice in German may take, in addition to Language Laboratory work, one of the two-point conversation courses offered as parallels to the elementary and intermediate courses.

Study Abroad

The Department encourages its students to participate in its study-abroad program in Berlin, administered by Columbia University on behalf of a consortium of six universities (University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, and Columbia).

Lecture Series

Seven Ways of Seeing Scandinavia: Some current views on Nordic politics, gender, literature, language, folklore, and film

A series of lectures by faculty of Columbia University and Barnard College: Aili Flint (Finnish), Verne Moberg (Swedish), Ellen Marakowitz (Anthropology), and Lars Tragardh (History). Offered by the American-Scandinavian Foundation at Scandinavia House, in cooperation with the Program in Finnish Studies, the Swedish Program of the Department of Germanic Languages, and Continuing Education and Special Programs at Columbia University.

January 23, February 6 and 20, March 6 and 20, April 3 and 17

At Scandinavia House, 56-58 Park Avenue (E. 37th St.), New York, NY 10016.

For information and registration:

(212) 879-9779
fax (212) 249-3444
e-mail [email protected]
www.amscan.org

Courses of Instruction

Dutch

Fall 2000

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Dutch W1101x. Elementary course. 4 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 5:40-7:30 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Fundamentals of grammar, reading, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language.

Dutch W1201x. Intermediate course. 4 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 4-5:40.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: Dutch W1101-W1102 or the equivalent. Continued practice in the four skills (aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing); review and refinement of basic grammar; vocabulary building. Readings in Dutch literature.

Noncredit Courses

Dutch N0101x. Elementary course. 0 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 5:40-7:30 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Fundamentals of grammar, reading, speaking, and comprehension of the spoken language.

Dutch N0201x. Intermediate course. 0 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 4-5:40.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: Dutch N0101-N0102 or the equivalent. Continued practice in the four skills (aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing); review and refinement of basic grammar; vocabulary building. Readings in Dutch literature.

Spring 2001

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Dutch W1102y. Elementary course. 4 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 5:40-7:30 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Continuation of W1101x (see fall listing). During the spring term supplementary reading is selected according to students' needs.

Dutch W1202y. Intermediate course. 4 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 4-5:40.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Continuation of W1201x (see fall listing).

Noncredit Courses

Dutch N0102y. Elementary course. 0 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 5:40-7:30 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Continuation of N0101x (see fall listing). During the spring term supplementary reading is selected according to students' needs.

Dutch N0202y. Intermediate course. 0 pts. W. de Groot. TuTh 4-5:40.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Continuation of N0201x (see fall listing).

Finnish

Fall 2000

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Finnish W1101x. Elementary course. 4 pts. A. Flint. TuTh 12:10-2.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

Finnish W1201x. Intermediate course. 4 pts. A. Flint. MW 10-11:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: Finnish W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. Continued practice in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; review and refinement of grammatical structures; vocabulary building. Readings include Finnish fiction and nonfiction.

Introductory Graduate Courses
(Available to qualified undergraduates with instructor's permission)

Finnish W4212x. The Kalevala, the Kanteletar, and Finnish folklore [in English]. 3 pts. A. Flint. MW 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Knowledge of Finnish is not required. Discussion in English, readings in English or Finnish. Ancient Finnish mythology and oral tradition in the light of the 19th-century texts of the Kalevala and the Kanteletar, as well as primary texts of Finnish folklore. Shamanism, origin charms, incantations, and lyric poetry; women's and men's oral tradition. Reflections in subsequent Finnish culture.

Noncredit Courses

Finnish N0101x. Elementary course. 0 pts. A. Flint. TuTh 12:10-2.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

Finnish N0201x. Intermediate course. 0 pts. A. Flint. MW 10-11:50.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: Finnish N0101-N0102 or the instructor's permission. Continued practice in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; review and refinement of grammatical structures; vocabulary building. Readings include Finnish fiction and nonfiction.

Spring 2001

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Finnish W1102y. Elementary course. 4 pts. A. Flint. TuTh 12:10-2.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

Finnish W1202y. Intermediate course. 4 pts. A. Flint. MW 10-11:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: Finnish W1101-W1102 or the instructor's permission. Continued practice in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; review and refinement of grammatical structures; vocabulary building. Readings include Finnish fiction and nonfiction.

Introductory Graduate Courses
(Available to qualified undergraduates with instructor's permission)

Finnish W4210y. Lexicon: meaning and society [in English]. 3 pts. A. Flint. MW 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP, AUD, LLL.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*; auditing $375; LLL $225
Knowledge of Finnish is not required. Investigating cultural idiomaticity through the study of lexica. Analysis of vocabulary, derivation, affective terminology, selected semantic fields, and the role of lexical choice in social interaction. Data gathering; examples to be drawn from Finnish, English, and other languages.

Noncredit Courses

Finnish N0102y. Elementary course. 0 pts. A. Flint. TuTh 12:10-2.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Fundamentals of grammar and lexicon. Building proficiency in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing. Linguistic structures in the cultural context.

Finnish N0202y. Intermediate course. 0 pts. A. Flint. MW 10-11:50.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: Finnish N0101-N0102 or the instructor's permission. Continued practice in aural comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing; review and refinement of grammatical structures; vocabulary building. Readings include Finnish fiction and nonfiction.

German Language

Fall 2000

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

German V1101x. Elementary German language course, I. 4 pts. The staff. Sec. 1: TuThF 11-12:15; sec. 2: MTuWThF 12-12:50; sec. 3:MTuWThF 1:10-2; sec. 4: MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Upon completion of the course, students understand, speak, read, and write German at a level enabling them to communicate with native speakers about their background, family, daily activities, student life, work, and living quarters. Daily assignments and laboratory work.

German V1102x. Elementary German language course, II. 4 pts. The staff. Sec 1: TuThF 11-12:15; sec 2: TuThF 1:10-2:25; sec 3: MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: German V1101 or the equivalent. Students expand their communication skills to include travel, storytelling, personal well-being, basic economics, and recent historical events. Daily assignments and laboratory work.

German F1113x. Elementary intensive reading, I. 2 pts. The staff. MW 12-12:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Primarily for graduate students and others who need to acquire a reading knowledge of German. This course does not fulfill any part of the language requirement for the bachelor's degree. A comprehensive introduction to German grammar accompanied by reading of appropriate texts.

German F1114x. Elementary intensive reading, II. 2 pts. The staff. MW 12-12:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Prerequisite: German F1113 or the equivalent. This course does not fulfill any part of the language requirement for the bachelor's degree. Intensive readings of graded expository texts, with review of the essentials of German grammar.

German W1120x. Preparation for intermediate German. 4 pts. The staff. TuThF 1:10-2:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
A one-term intensive review of the basic grammar and communicative skills designed for students who have had some German in the past but need further instruction to qualify for German V1201.

German V1201x. Intermediate German language course, I. 4 pts. The staff. Sec 1: MWF 10:35-11:50; sec 2: MTuTh 2:40-3:55; sec 3: MTuTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: German V1102 or the equivalent. Recommended parallel: German W1521. Prepares students for advanced German language and literature courses. Topics emphasize contemporary German life and cross-cultural awareness. Daily assignments, video material, and laboratory work.

German V1202x. Intermediate German language course, II. 4 pts. The staff. Sec 1: MWTh 9:10-10:25; sec 2: MWF 10:35-11:50; sec 3: MTuTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: German V1201 or the equivalent. Recommended parallel: German W1522. Students read a German novel. Intermediate-high to advanced-low proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German is expected upon completion. Daily assignments, video material, and laboratory work.

German W1220x. Berlin: intensive intermediate German. 6 pts. The staff. MTuWThF 1:10-2:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $4,608
Prerequisite: German V1102 or the equivalent. A one-term intensive intermediate course prepares students for advanced German language and/or literature, for example, at the Freie Universität Berlin or in 3000-level courses at Columbia. Topics emphasize contemporary German life with emphasis on Berlin. Grammar and writing review, daily assignments, video material, and laboratory work. (In order to receive credit for the language requirement, students must complete at least one additional advanced German course.)

German W1521x. Intermediate conversation, I. 2 pts. The staff. TuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Prerequisite: German V1102 or the equivalent, or placement by the departmental representative. Highly recommended parallel course to German V1201. Practice in idiomatic conversational German through discussion of a wide variety of topics.

German W1522x. Intermediate conversation, II. 2 pts. The staff. TuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Prerequisite: German V1201 or the equivalent, or placement by the departmental representative. Highly recommended parallel course to German V1202. Practice in idiomatic conversational German through discussion of a wide variety of topics.

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

German V3001x. Advanced German, I. 3 pts. The staff. MW 1:10-2:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Prerequisite: German V1202 or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor. Designed to follow up the language skills acquired in first- and second-year language courses (or the equivalent thereof), this course gives students greater proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing German, while focusing on topics from German society today through German newspapers and periodicals.

German V3002x. Advanced German, II. 3 pts. The staff. TuTh 1:10-2:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Prerequisite: German V1202 or the equivalent or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor. While continuing to strengthen their overall German skills, students address aspects of practical and/or situational German, e.g., letter writing, shopping, telephone etiquette, understanding and giving directions, etc.

Noncredit Courses

German N0101x. Elementary German language course, I. 0 pts. The staff. MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Upon completion of the course, students understand, speak, read, and write German at a level enabling them to communicate with native speakers about their background, family, daily activities, student life, work, and living quarters. Daily assignments and laboratory work.

German N0102x. Elementary German language course, II. 0 pts. The staff. MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: German N0101 or the equivalent. Students expand their communication skills to include travel, storytelling, personal well-being, basic economics, and recent historical events. Daily assignments and laboratory work.

German N0201x. Intermediate German language course, I. 0 pts. The staff. MTuTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: German N0102 or the equivalent. Recommended parallel: German W1521. Prepares students for advanced German language and literature courses. Topics emphasize contemporary German life and cross-cultural awareness. Daily assignments, video material, and laboratory work.

German N0202x. Intermediate German language course, II. 0 pts. The staff. MTuTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: German N0201 or the equivalent. Recommended parallel: German W1522. Students read a German novel. Intermediate-high to advanced-low proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German is expected upon completion. Daily assignments, video material, and laboratory work.

Spring 2001

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

German V1101y. Elementary German language course, I. 4 pts. The staff. Sec. 1: MWF 10:35-11:50; sec. 2: TuThF 1:10-2:25; secs. 3 and 4: MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Same course as V1101x (see fall listing).

German V1102y. Elementary German language course, II. 4 pts. The staff. Sec 1: TuThF 11-12:15; sec 2: MTuWThF 12-12:50; sec 3: MTuWThF 1:10-2; secs 4: MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Same course as V1102x (see fall listing).

German W1112y. Elementary conversation, II. 2 pts. The staff. TuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Intensive practice in spoken German, with stress on vocabulary building, comprehension, pronunciation, and intonation.

German F1114y. Elementary intensive reading, II. 2 pts. The staff. MW 12-12:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Prerequisite: German F1113 or the equivalent. This course does not fulfill any part of the language requirement for the bachelor's degree. Intensive readings of graded expository texts, with review of the essentials of German grammar.

German V1201y. Intermediate German language course, I. 4 pts. The staff. Sec 1: TuThF 11-12:15; sec 2: TuThF 1:10-2:25; sec 3: MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Same course as V1201x (see fall listing).

German V1202y. Intermediate German language course, II. 4 pts. The staff. Sec 1: MWF 10:35-11:50; sec 2: MTuTh 2:40-3:55; sec 3: MTuTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Same course as V1202x (see fall listing).

German W1521y. Intermediate conversation, I. 2 pts. The staff. TuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Same course as W1521x (see fall listing).

German W1522y. Intermediate conversation, II. 2 pts. The staff. TuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $1,536
Same course as W1522x (see fall listing).

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

German V3001y. Advanced German, I. 3 pts. The staff. TuTh 1:10-2:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Same course as V3001x (see fall listing).

German V3002y. Advanced German, II. 3 pts. The staff. TuTh 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Same course as V3002x (see fall listing).

Noncredit Courses

German N0101y. Elementary German language course, I. 0 pts. The staff. MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Same course as N0101x (see fall listing).

German N0102y. Elementary German language course, II. 0 pts. The staff. MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Same course as N0102x (see fall listing).

German N0201y. Intermediate German language course, I. 0 pts. The staff. MWTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Same course as N0201x (see fall listing).

German N0202y. Intermediate German language course, II. 0 pts. The staff. MTuTh 6:10-7:25 evening.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Same course as N0202x (see fall listing).

German Literature

Fall 2000

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

German W3333x. Introduction to German literature and culture [in German]. 3 pts. M. Anderson. TuTh 11-12:15.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Prerequisite: German V1202 or the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor. Examines short literary texts and various methodological approaches to interpreting such texts in order to establish a basic familiarity with the study of German literature and culture.

German W3510x. Weimar cinema: from Caligari to Hitler [in English]. 3 pts. S. Andriopoulos. M 6:10-10 evening.
Available to SSP, SMP, AUD, LLL.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*; auditing $375; LLL $225
Film fee: $40. All films have English subtitles. Historical survey of film classics from the expressionist cinema, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich. Readings of major authors on films including Brecht, Eisner, and Kracauer. Screening of films by Murnau, Lang, and von Sternberg.

Comparative Literature-German W3720x. Philosophies of art and history: from Kant to Nietzsche [in English]. 3 pts. S. Andriopoulos. TuTh 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Lectures, discussions, texts in the original language or English. Philosophical, critical, and theoretical texts of 18th- and 19th-century Germany will be analyzed and discussed with regard to how the discourse on art, the emergence of a philosophy of history, and transformations in the constitution of subjectivity are interrelated. Readings include texts by Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche.

Introductory Graduate Courses
(Available to qualified undergraduates with instructor's permission)

German W4125x. Drama of the French Revolution [in German]. 3 pts. H. Müller. MW 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
The course will examine drama of the French Revolution.

Comparative Literature-German W4353x. Problems of the Gothic [in English]. 3 pts. M. Anderson. MW 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
This course will follow two paths of investigation: a historical inquiry into the sudden emergence of the Gothic novel at the turn of 18th and 19th centuries, and the continual reinvention and transformation of the Gothic in other genres and media in the late 19th and 20th centuries: the Victorian ghost story, the Dracula myths, early horror movies, the Gothic in contemporary popular American culture.

Advanced Graduate Courses

German G4630x, Theories of modernity [in German]. 3 pts. H. Müller. Tu 10-12.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*

Comparative Literature-German G6530x. The Romantic fantastic [in English]. 3 pts. D. von Mücke. M 9-10:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*

German G8121x. Proseminar: post 45/post 89 [in German]. 3 pts. A. Huyssen. M 4:10-6.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*

Spring 2001

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

German W3220y. Berlin: past and present [in German]. 3 pts. R. Korb. MW 9:10-10:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Prerequisite: German V1202 or the equivalent and the permission of the departmental representative or the instructor. Although 750 years old, the brand new capital of united Germany offers students a rich mix of high and low culture (art, literature, music, gay life, film), politics, and history as it happens. Lectures and discussion in German; short papers and oral report.

German W3675y. German literature in world context [in English]. 3 pts. S. Andriopoulos. MW 11-12:15.
Available to SSP, SMP, AUD, LLL.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*; auditing $375; LLL $225
This course seeks to examine an aspect of German literature in relation to a world context.

Introductory Graduate Courses
(Available to qualified undergraduates with instructor's permission)

German W4090y. German for international and public affairs. 3 pts. M. Gehlker. MW 9:10-10:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Prerequisite: German V1202 or the equivalent, or placement by the departmental representative. Preparation for the international affairs-minded student interested in the social and economic issues shaping Germany today: unification, Germany's role as a European "melting pot," the environment, and Germany's role in a united Europe.

Comparative Literature-German W4455y. Lyric poetry and theories of translation [in English]. 3 pts. M. Eskin. TuTh 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
This course will look at lyric poetry in relation to theories of translation.

Comparative Literature-German W4625y. Theatricality and performativity. 3 pts. C. Menke. MW 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP, AUD, LLL.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*; auditing $375; LLL $225
In the last decade or so, "performativity" has developed from a basic term in the philosophy of language to a central idea in cultural analysis and cultural studies. Here, "performativity" refers to the making of seemingly objective characteristics and states. In a lot of cases, starting from sociology (Goffman), anthropology (Schechner) and media theory (Weber), it has proved itself useful to describe this performative process according to the model of a theatrical performance. On the other side, one finds in modern aesthetics, from Rousseau to Cavell and Fried, a harsh critique of the very idea of theatricality. This course will explore the usefulness of the model of theatricality with reference to basic texts of this debate

Advanced Graduate Courses

German G8122y. Proseminar: Kleist [in German]. 3 pts. D. von Mücke. M 9-10:50.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*

Swedish

Fall 2000

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Swedish W1101x. Elementary Swedish. 4 pts. V. Moberg. MW 12:10-2.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Instruction in speaking, reading, and writing basic Swedish. Ample practice in pronunciation and key conversation patterns. Examination of links between the language and the culture(s) in which Swedish is spoken.

Swedish W1201x. Intermediate Swedish. 4 pts. V. Moberg. MW 2:10-4.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Development of basic speaking, reading, and writing skills in Swedish through study and analysis of literary texts and newspaper articles, supplemented by videos and films. Through discussion and writing assignments, students gain an appreciation of contemporary Swedish culture in its Scandinavian and European setting.

Introductory Graduate Courses
(Available to qualified undergraduates with instructor's permission)

Comparative Literature-Swedish W4240x. Sex and gender in 19th-century Scandinavian literature [in English]. 3 pts. V. Moberg. TuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP, AUD, LLL.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*; auditing $375; LLL $225
Textual investigation of Scandinavia's literary "golden age" in terms of the sexual and gender controversies of the day. Emphasis on key texts of the Modern Breakthrough, with its Double Standard Debate, a fascinating chapter of literary and social history little known beyond Scandinavia. Students competent in Scandinavian languages are encouraged to read the texts in the original.

Noncredit Courses

Swedish N0101x. Elementary Swedish. 0 pts. V. Moberg. MW 12:10-2.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Instruction in speaking, reading, and writing basic Swedish. Ample practice in pronunciation and key conversation patterns. Examination of links between the language and the culture(s) in which Swedish is spoken.

Swedish N0201x. Intermediate Swedish. 0 pts. V. Moberg. MW 2:10-4.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Development of basic speaking, reading, and writing skills in Swedish through study and analysis of literary texts and newspaper articles, supplemented by videos and films. Through discussion and writing assignments, students gain an appreciation of contemporary Swedish culture in its Scandinavian and European setting.

Spring 2001

All students are invited to attend a spring Lecture Series in Scandinavia House.

More Information

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Swedish W1102y Elementary Swedish. 4 pts. V. Moberg. MW 12:10-2.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Continuation of W1101x (see fall listing).

Swedish W1202y. Intermediate Swedish. 4 pts. V. Moberg. MW 2:10-4
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Continuation of W1201x (see fall listing).

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

Comparative Literature-Swedish W3550y. Capital cities of Scandinavia [in English]. 3 pts. V. Moberg. Hours to be arranged.
Available to SSP, SMP, AUD, LLL.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*; auditing $375; LLL $225
The capital cities of Nordic countries have served not only as hubs of north European commerce but also as highly civilized population centers of strategic interest to both scholars and travelers. Viewed from a variety of perspectives, ranging from history, geography, architecture, sociology, ecology, literature, film, and the fine arts (often introduced by visiting specialists).

Noncredit Courses

Swedish N0102y Elementary Swedish. 0 pts. V. Moberg. MW 12:10-2.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Continuation of N0101x (see fall listing).

Swedish N0202y. Intermediate Swedish. 0 pts. V. Moberg. MW 2:10-4.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Continuation of N0201x (see fall listing).

Yiddish

Fall 2000

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Yiddish W1101x. Elementary Yiddish. 4 pts. Sec. 1: M. Hoffman; sec. 2: The staff. Sec. 1: MTuTh 11-12:25; sec. 2: MTuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Language laboratory: one 50-minute period every other week. With the instructor's permission the second term may be taken without the first. Thorough study of elementary Yiddish grammar, with reading, composition, and oral practice. The cultural and linguistic background of the language is discussed.

Yiddish W1201x. Intermediate Yiddish. 4 pts. M. Hoffman. MTuTh 1:10-2:20.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Prerequisite: Yiddish W1101-W1102 or the equivalent. Continuing study of grammar on a higher level. Continuing oral practice; readings from texts of significant literary value dealing with important aspects of Jewish life and culture.

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

Yiddish W3333x. Advanced Yiddish. 3 pts. M. Hoffman. TuTh 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Prerequisite: Yiddish W1201-W1202 or the instructor's permission. This course may be repeated for credit. Reading of contemporary authors. Stress on word usage and idiomatic expression, discussion.

Yiddish W3800x. Readings in Yiddish literature [in English]. 3 pts. J. Dauber. Tu 2:10-4.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
This course will concentrate on the works of one Yiddish author. This term we will examine Sholem Aleichem.

Noncredit Courses

Yiddish N0101x. Elementary Yiddish. 0 pts. Sec. 1: M. Hoffman; sec. 2: The staff. MTuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Language laboratory: one 50-minute period every other week. With the instructor's permission the second term may be taken without the first. Thorough study of elementary Yiddish grammar, with reading, composition, and oral practice. The cultural and linguistic background of the language is discussed.

Yiddish N0201x. Intermediate Yiddish. 0 pts. M. Hoffman. MTuTh 1:10-2:20.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Prerequisite: Yiddish N0101-N0102 or the equivalent. Continuing study of grammar on a higher level. continuing oral practice; readings from texts of significant literary value dealing with important aspects of Jewish life and culture.

Spring 2001

Introductory Undergraduate Courses

Yiddish W1102y. Elementary Yiddish. 4 pts. Sec. 1: M. Hoffman; sec. 2: The staff. Sec. 1: MTuTh 11-12:25; sec. 2: MTuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Continuation of W1101x (see fall listing)

Yiddish W1202y. Intermediate Yiddish. 4 pts. M. Hoffman. MTuTh 1:10-2:20.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $3,072
Continuation of W1201x (see fall listing)

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

Yiddish W3334y. Advanced Yiddish. 3 pts. M. Hoffman. TuTh 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
Continuation of W3333x (see fall listing)

Yiddish W3500y. Survey of Yiddish literature [in English]. 3 pts. J. Dauber. TuTh 2:40-3:55.
Available to SSP, SMP.
Total tuition: credit $2,750*
This course will serve as a general introduction to Yiddish literature.

Noncredit Courses

Yiddish N0102y. Elementary Yiddish. 0 pts. Sec. 1: M. Hoffman; sec. 2: The staff. Sec. 1: MTuTh 11-12:25; sec. 2: MTuTh 4:10-5:25.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Continuation of N0101x (see fall listing)

Yiddish W1202y. Intermediate Yiddish. 0 pts. M. Hoffman. MTuTh 1:10-2:20.
Available to FLP.
Total tuition: noncredit $1,060
Continuation of N0201x (see fall listing)