German Studies
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Dept Course No and Title Instructor
GERMAN (F20)150  TERRORISM AND TOTALITARIANISMPAN, D
While terrorism and totalitarianism are often treated as separate phenomena, the perpetrators are often the same people, though in different situations in relation to an existing government. This course will treat the problems of terrorism and totalitarianism as two aspects of the single phenomenon of political violence. Through a consideration of texts written by terrorists, totalitarians, and political theorists of these phenomena, this course will attempt to come to an understanding of the motivations for political violence and the conditions under which it comes to dominate political life. While the course will focus on the German tradition, key examples to be considered will include the French Revolution, Nazi Germany, the Red Army Faction, and Islamofascism.
GERMAN (F20)102  HOLOCAUST DARSTELLUNGENEVERS, K.
Since the end of World War II, historians, social scientists, and
psychologists have researched origins and causes of the Holocaust. But
their explanations have never been fully satisfactory. Can
autobiographical reflections, fictional narratives, art, film and other
mass media illuminate dimensions of the Shoah that have remained
unanswered by historical, sociological, and psychological approaches? By
examining survivors' testimonies, political, historical, and
philosophical reflections, film and TV shows, fictional texts, and
graphic novels from across Europe and the United States, this course
asks what role art and literature have played in shaping our image of
Auschwitz. How and why did the representations of the Holocaust change
during the last seven decades in different national cultures? What
aesthetic, political, and cultural limits and taboos have these
representations transgressed or shied away from since the Second World
War? What does it mean to be human after Auschwitz? How Americanized has
the Holocaust become today? Does the Shoah still shape our contemporary
understanding of modernity?
GERMAN (F20)2A  INTERMEDIATELEVINE, G.
Emphasizes communicative skills for the purposes of interaction with German speakers and intermediate study of German. With a learner-centered approach, helps students develop reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammatical, and cultural skills and knowledge. First-year grammar is reviewed and expanded.
GERMAN (F20)2A  INTERMEDIATELEVINE, G.
Emphasizes communicative skills for the purposes of interaction with German speakers and intermediate study of German. With a learner-centered approach, helps students develop reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammatical, and cultural skills and knowledge. First-year grammar is reviewed and expanded.
GERMAN (F20)1A  FUNDAMENTALSLEVINE, G.
Emphasizes the development of meaningful communicative skills in German for the purposes of interaction with German speakers and beginning study of German. With a learner-centered approach, the courses help students develop speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural skills and knowledge.
GERMAN (F20)1A  FUNDAMENTALSLEVINE, G.
Emphasizes the development of meaningful communicative skills in German for the purposes of interaction with German speakers and beginning study of German. With a learner-centered approach, the courses help students develop speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural skills and knowledge.
GERMAN (F20)1A  FUNDAMENTALSCLARK, C.
Emphasizes the development of meaningful communicative skills in German for the purposes of interaction with German speakers and beginning study of German. With a learner-centered approach, the courses help students develop speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural skills and knowledge.