German: Language, Literature, Culture (including courses in English)

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  • CAS LG 402: Senior Independent Work
  • CAS LG 450: Origins of German Culture
    Survey of major developments in the cultural history of German-speaking countries, from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment. Literature, expository texts, music, art and architecture, and their influence on contemporary cultural debates. Course conducted in German. Effective Spring 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Historical Consciousness
  • CAS LG 453: Romanticism
    Poetry and prose of major authors (Tieck, Novalis, Schlegel, Brentano, Gunderode, Eichendorff, Hoffmann), their connection to music and art and to German Idealism. Emergence of the fairy-tale. Women and the literary salons.
  • CAS LG 455: Twentieth-Century Culture: Before 1945
    Surveys a period of critical change and tremendous vitality in German-speaking culture and literature. Works by Rilke, Hofmannsthal, Mann, Kafka, Brecht, and others. Topics in politics, society, film, the arts. Practice in writing and interpretation.
  • CAS LG 456: Twentieth-Century Culture: Since 1945
    Survey of postwar and contemporary German-language literature in its cultural-historical context. The Nazi past and the Holocaust; the economic rise of West Germany and accompanying disillusionment; East Germany's socialist ideal and reality; German reunification; women's voices; migrant and transnational literature. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Historical Consciousness
  • CAS LG 491: Directed Study: German
    Application form available in department.
  • CAS LG 492: Directed Study: German
    Application form available in department.

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