The course is designed as an extension of the German Summer Reading Course, to develop increasing reading comprehension of academic texts in German. It combines targeted reading practice, high-frequency vocabulary learning, grammar review, as well as speaking and pronunciation activities. Classes will be conducted in English,…
The German Department's Summer Reading Course provides graduate students with the tools necessary for reading German-language academic texts in their respective fields of research. Primary and secondary reading materials are selected from a wide range of fields, including literature, theology, philosophy and art history. The course…
This course offers discussions of exemplary German works from the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, including poems, prose, drama, essays, visual art, architecture, and films. These are examined in the context of important historical events in modern Germany, such as the end of the Kaiserreich, urbanization,…