Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION II: LANGUAGE AND STYLE IN CULTURAL TEXTS

Department: German Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): GERM 303 or permission of instructor

Description: This course will work with cultural texts, on-line information and film materials in order to prepare for a deeper understanding of German literary and intellectual sources. We will assess language and styles of literary genres (prose, lyric, drama), nonfictional writings and philosophical materials. Student performance is aimed to move from paraphrasing summary to analytic commentary in oral presentation and written expression. Taught in German.