GERMAN
AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Chair:
David W. Gasperetti, Ph.D.
Dept. Tel.:
(574) 631-5572
The
Program of Studies. The
Department of German and Russian
Languages and Literatures offers a summer program designed to meet the
needs of
those enrolled during the regular academic year who wish to supplement
their
work and those who enroll in the summer to begin the study of German.
A graduate reading course in German is also
offered for those graduate students who wish to prepare for the
Graduate
Reading Examination, or to complete the required reading tests during
the
summer session.
Course
Descriptions. The following course descriptions
give the
number
and title of each course. Lecture hours per week, laboratory and/or
tutorial
hours per week, and semester credit hours are in parentheses. The
University
reserves the right to withdraw any course without sufficient
registration.
CRNs
for independent study courses may be obtained from the department
office, from
the Summer Session office, or from insideND.
GE 60500. German Graduate Reading
0 credits, Poelzler-Kamatali (5-0-0)
ID # GE 60500 01
Last “add” date: 6/22
“Drop” dates: refund, 6/26; last, 7/10
Designed to prepare students for the Graduate
Reading Examination. No prerequisites. Open to undergraduate students
by
permission of the department chair.
GE 90902. The Creation of the
Modern Humanities in German Idealism
(Cross-listed with PHIL 74102)
3 credits, Hösle (5-0-3)
MTWRF, 7/7–7/25
CRN 3788; ID
#GE90902
Last “add” date:
“Drop” dates: refund, last,
Enrollment limit: 15
We will read seminal texts by Friedrich Schlegel,
Friedrich Schleiermacher, G.W.F. Hegel, and F.W.J. Schelling, which led
to a
fundamental revolution in how we understand and practice the
humanities. We
will deal both with theoretical presuppositions of hermeneutics and
aesthetics
and analyze concrete interpretations of Greek and Indian myths,
literary and
philosophical texts.
The course will take place for three weeks, from July 7 to
July 25, each day from Monday to Friday for 2 hours and fifteen
minutes. The
location is uncommon: The course will be taught at the Gregoriana in Rome, the oldest
and
leading Jesuit university. Please contact Prof. Vittorio Hösle for
details
regarding travel and stay in Rome