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21G.403

German III

4-0-8 units. HASS-H · Undergraduate

Expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing and cultural competency. Develops analytic and interpretative skills through media selections on contemporary issues in the German-speaking world. Discussions and compositions as well as review of grammar and development of vocabulary-building strategies. Recommended for students with two years of high school German. Limited to 18 per section.

Spring 2004

This course expands skills in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Students develop analytic and interpretative skills through the reading of a full-length drama as well as short prose and poetry (Biermann, Brecht, Dürrenmatt, Tawada and others) and through media selections on contemporary issues in German-speaking cultures. Coursework includes discussions and compositions based on these texts, and review of grammar and development of vocabulary-building strategies. It is recommended for students with two years of high school German.

Readings

  • Bichsel, Peter. “Ein Tisch ist ein Tisch.” in Kindergeschichten , Neuwied: Luchterhand, 1969. ISBN: 3518398512.
    Listed reading
  • Biermann, Wolf. “Das Märchen vom kleinen Herrn Moritz, der eine Glatze kriegte.” (Originally published in 1972.)
    Listed reading
  • Tawada, Yoko. “Von der Muttersprache zur Sprachmutter.” In Talisman, Tübingen: Konkursbuch Verlag, 1996. ASIN: 3887690966.
    Listed reading
  • Borchert, Wolfgang. “Die Küchenuhr.” (Originally published in 1949.)
    Listed reading
  • “100 Deutsche Jahre- Die Deutschen und ihr Geld”, Teile 1-4. Chronik Verlag München, 1998. ISBN: 3-577-14556-0.
    Listed reading
  • Brecht, Bertolt “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer.” In Die Dreigroschenoper , Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1955. ISBN: 3-518-10229-X. (Written in 1928.)
    Listed reading
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: “Middle Class Blues.” In Gedichte 1950-1995. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996.
    Listed reading
  • Ulrike Draesner: “Heimat, oder: Der Dackel im Backofen.” Unpublished, written in 2001.
    Listed reading
  • Dürrenmatt, Friedrich. “Der Besuch der alten Dame.” In Deutsche Kurzgeschichten 2. Edited by David Constantine. New York: Penguin Books, 1994. ISBN: 0140041192. (Originally published in 1956.)
    Listed reading
  • Wells, Larry D. and Jammie Rankin. Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik . 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ISBN: 0618013431.
    Required
  • Wells, Larry D. and Jammie Rankin. Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik (Arbeitsheift) . 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ISBN: 0618013458.
    Required
  • Dürrenmatt, Friedrich. Der Besuch der alten Dame . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. ISBN: 0395040892.
    Required
  • Terrell, Peter. HarperCollins German-English Dictionary (German/English, English/German). 4th ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 0062702351. (full-size, hardcover)
    Recommended

Prerequisites & course information

Subject meets with 21G.453 Prereq: 21G.402 or permission of instructor U (Fall, Spring) 4-0-8 units. HASS-H

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