Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION II: LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN CULTURAL TEXTS ***** This course will work with cultural texts in order to prepare for deeper understanding of German literary and intellectual sources. We will assess philosophical writing (Kant, Nietzsche, Habermas), the styles of literary genres (prose, lyric, drama), academic criticism and feuilletonistic interpretation. Student performance is aimed to move from paraphrasing summary to analytic commentary in oral presentation and written expression. Taught in German. *****