The German Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures



German Course Descriptions (from the 2005-2006 Sweet Briar College Catalog)


GRMN 101 (4) - Elementary German I

For beginners. Four class periods and two laboratory periods. Go to: German 1 Syllabus


GRMN 102 (4) - Elementary German II

Prerequisite: GRMN 001. A continuation of GRMN 001. Four class periods and two laboratory periods Go to: German 2 Syllabus


GRMN 201 (4) - Intermediate German I

Prerequisite: GRMN 002 or placement. Formal study and practice in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding German. Regular laboratory attendance is required. Go to: Syllabus 101


GRMN 202 (4) - Intermediate German II

Prerequisite: GRMN 101. A continuation of GRMN 101. Formal study and practice in speaking,

reading, writing, and understanding German. Regular laboratory attendance is required. Go to: German 102 Syllabus


GRMN 205 (3) - Introduction to German Literature

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or placement. A study based on readings and discussions of various representative works, chosen from various periods and genres (poetry, drama and prose). Student participation in discussion and practice in written and oral expression will be emphasized. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 105 Syllabus


GRMN 225 (3) - Readings in Modern German Literature I

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or Placement. Selected readings from literature of the period between 1890 and 1933. Authors included are Kafka, Mann, Rilke, Trakl, Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, Heym and Benn. Emphasis on the novelle and lyric poetry. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 225 Syllabus


GRMN 226 (3) - Readings in Modern German Literature II

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or placement. German literature after 1945. Works of writers from German, Switzerland and Austria. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 226 Syllabus


GRMN 231 (3) - German Conversation and Composition

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or permission of the instructor. Practice in oral and written expression

with discussion based on contemporary topics and literary selections. Offered alternate years.


GRMN 251 (3) - Introduction to German Culture I

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or placement. A study of various historical, cultural, political, literary and social trends in German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages until 1900. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 251 Syllabus


GRMN 252 (3) - Introduction to German Culture II

Prerequisite: GRMN 102 or placement. A Study of various historical, cultural, political, literary and social trends in German-speaking countries after 1900. Included will be a study of German Nationalism, the "völkisch movement," National Socialism, life in the post-war divided country and the German reunification. Offered alternate years Go to: German 252 Syllabus


GRMN 311 (3) - Growth and Structure of the German Language

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102. A study of the development of German from the Indo-European origins to the Modern Period. Emphasis on phonetic-phonemic, morphological and syntactic change as well as on cultural trends influcencing its development. Offered alternate years.


GRMN 322 (3) - German Literature Before 1700

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102. A study of trends in literature in relation to the social, historical and religious conditions in Germany from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Offered alternate years.. Go to: German 322 Syllabus


GRMN 351 (3) -The Age of Goethe I: German Classicism and Its Precursors

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102 A study of the Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang and Early Classicism. Readings from Lessing, Wieland, Lichtenberg, Lenz, Klinger, Goethe and Schiller. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 351 Syllabus


GRMN 352 (3) - The Age of Goethe II: Later Classicism and Romanticism

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102.. Selections from the later works of Goethe and Schiller, the works of Tieck, Novalis, Brentano, Arnim, Arndt, Eichendorff, the Schlegels, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Chamisso, Kleist, Hölderlin, and others. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 352 Syllabus


GRMN 361,362 (1,2 or 3) -Special Study

Special Topics pursued under supervision.


GRMN 371 (3) -German Literature of the 19th Century

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102. Selections from the writers of Junges Deutschland, Grabbe, Lenau, Mörike, Droste-Hülshoff, Hebbel, Grillparzer, Nestroy, Stifter, C.F. Meyer, Keller and Fontane. Offered alternate years.

Go to: German 371 Syllabus

GRMN 372 (3) -The German Novelle

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102. A study of the Novelle as a genre from the 18th to the 20th Century. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 372 Syllabus


GRMN 384 (3) -The Modern German Drama

Prerequisite: One course in German beyond GRMN 102. Selected plays by Hauptmann, Wedekind, Hofmannsthal, Toller, Kaiser, Sternheim, Brecht, Dürrenmatt and Frisch. Offered alternate years. Go to: German 384 Syllabus


GRMN 452 (3) - Senior Seminar

Prerequisite: Required of seniors majoring in German. Open to other qualified students with permission of the department.


GRMN 461, 462 (1, 2, or 3) - Independent Study in German

Special topics pursued by individual students under supervision.
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This page is maintained by Dr. Ronald Horwege, Professor of German, Sweet Briar College
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Last updated on August 14, 2006