German (GER) |
202 Friendly, 541-346-4051
Department of German and Scandinavian
College of Arts & Sciences
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Course Data
| GER 366 Themes in German Lit >1 |
4.00 cr. |
| Significant literary texts organized by theme--crime and society, travels and explorations, nature and technology, relationships between the sexes, the Nazi past. |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| September 24: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| September 30: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| September 30: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 1: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| October 1: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| October 2: |
Add this course |
| October 2: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 8: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 8: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 15: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| October 22: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| November 12: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course explores significant cultural artifacts, above all literary texts, in the German language traditions each time in terms of a given theme. Such a thematic study of literature is to be distinguished from studies based on author, period, or genre (form). Examining its chosen theme in works by various authors, from diverse periods, and in multiplicitous forms (and even artistic and discursive modes), this course examines continuities of interest and concern across potentially large stretches of the tradition. Examples of themes treated in the past are: crime and society, travel and exploration; nature and technology, the relationship between the sexes, and the Nazi past. While studying its given theme, the course also pursues a theoretical reflection on the notion of a theme in general, raising questions such as: what is a theme in literature? What constitutes its continuity? On what level of analysis and in what are ways are discontinuities in the literary history of a theme to be established? To what kinds of significance does the study of themes in literary history give us access, in distinction to the study of genres, authors, and periods? Readings, discussion, and written assignments are in German. |
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