Haverford
College/Bryn Mawr College/German Department
Course Offerings 2006-2007
HAVERFORD COLLEGE - BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
GERMAN DEPARTMENT
LANGUAGE COURSES AT HAVERFORD (H) AND BRYN MAWR (B)
FALL 2006
| H 001 03 | ELEMENTARY GERMAN | TETTLEBAUM MWF 9:30-10:30 TTH 9-10 |
| B 001 02 | ELEMENTARY GERMAN | KENOSIAN MTWTHF 9:00-10:00 |
| B 001 02 | ELEMENTARY GERMAN | KENOSIAN MTWTHF 10:00-11:00 |
| H 101 02 | INTERMEDIATE GERMAN | Schšnherr MWF 10:30-11:30 |
| B 101 01 | INTERMEDIATE GERMAN | MEYER MWF 11:00-12:00 |
| H 201 01 | ADVANCED TRAINING | Schšnherr MW 12:30-2:00 |
This course is intended for students who wish to refine their speaking, writing, and reading skills beyond the intermediate level. Designed as a comprehensive introduction to modern German culture, we will discuss a variety of literary, political, and philosophical texts, including feature films and video materials. In addition, students have the opportunity to enrich the curriculum, by giving class reports on current events of their choice. Weekly grammar reviews will complement these activities.
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES COURSES FALL 2006
| CL 200 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE LIT. | SCHÖNHERR TTh 2:30-4:00 |
| H 224 01 | ART AND AESTHETIC THEORY: THE MODEL OF THEODOR ADORNO | TETTLEBAUM W 1:30-4 |
| H 262 01 | -IMAGINING THE CITY: BERLIN AND VIENNA IN LITERATURE AND FILM (fromWWI to the Present) | TETTLEBAUM T/Th 1:00-2:30 |
The first half of the course is devoted to readings from the breadth of Karl Marx's works, from his earliest manuscripts to Capital. The second half of the course will focus on representatives of "Western Marxism" -- Adorno, Horkheimer, Gramsci, Althusser, Benjamin and others. (Taught in English with an extra session in German)
| B 305 | GERMAN DRAMA | MEYER M 2:00-4:00 |
| H 399 | SENIOR CONFERENCE | SCHÖNHERR/TETTLEBAUM TBA |
LANGUAGE COURSES AT HAVERFORD (H) AND BRYN MAWR (B)
SPRING 2007
| H 002 03 | ELEMENTARY GERMAN | TETTLEBAUM MWF 9:30-10:30 TTH 9-10 |
| B 002 02 | ELEMENTARY GERMAN | KENOSIAN MTWTHF 9:00-10:00 |
| B 002 02 | ELEMENTARY GERMAN | KENOSIAN MTWTHF 10:00-11:00 |
| H 102 02 | INTERMEDIATE GERMAN | SCHÖNHERR MWF 10:30-11:30 |
| B 102 01 | INTERMEDIATE GERMAN | KENOSIAN MWF 11:00-12:00 |
| H 201 01 | ADVANCED TRAINING | MEYER MW 10:00-11:30 |
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES COURSES SPRING 2007
| H 224 01 | THE CHILD IN GERMAN LITERATURE | TETTLEBAUM MW 12:30-2 |
An introduction to cinema from its inception until the outbreak of World War II. This course combines an introduction to cinema history, focusing on the national cinemas of Germany, France, Russia/Soviet Union and the United States, with an introduction to the analysis and interpretation of film and important concepts in film theory. We will see films by Edison, Porter, Griffith, Chaplin, Keaton, Murnau, Lang, Wiene, Dali, Bunuel, Renoir, Clair, Eisenstein, Vertov, Pudovkin, and others. No prior film experience required. (Taught in English)
| B 321 | VIENNA 1900 | MEYER M 2:00-4:00 |
| H 359/CL321 | MUSIC – TEXT – PERFORMANCE | SCHÖNHERR Th 1:30-4:00 |
This course will explore the rich and diverse representations of music in all its socio-aesthetic complexity from antiquity to the present. The thematic scope of our investigations shall range from mythological, philosophical, theological, and semiotic questions, through issues of gender, race, and politics, to theories of media, operatic performance, and psychoanalytical implications of the acoustic/auditory sphere. (Taught in English with an extra session in German)
| H 399 | SENIOR CONFERENCE | TETTLEBAUM/SCHÖNHERR TBA |