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S.88-65
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
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From:
J.W.G. Ivany
Chair, SCAP
Subject:
Proposed New Courses in ?
Date:
November 17, 1988
German Studies
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee
on Undergraduate Studies gives rise to the following motion:
that Senate approve and recommend approval to the
Board of Governors as
set forth in S.88-65 the proposed new courses:
GERM 141-3
?
Introduction to German Civilization
GERM 300-3 ?
Advanced German Composition and Conversation
G.S. 240-3
?
Introduction to German Literature (in German)
GS. 242-3
?
Introduction to German Literature (in English translation)
G.S. 341-3
?
Selected Topics in German Studies
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office of the Dean
Faculty of Arts
MEMORANDUM
TO: R.C.
Brown ?
FROM: ?
E. Gee
Dean of Arts
?
Associate Dean
RE: New Courses in German Studies
?
DATE:
?
Nov. 17, 1988
Please find attached the new courses in the area of German Studies, GERM
141, GERM 300, and GS 240, GS 242, and GS 341.
Rationale for New Courses
The proposed new courses are designed to meet student interest and a
demonstrated demand for courses in German studies beyond basic
language instruction. The courses intend to provide an understanding of
the intellectual history of the German speaking. countries by focusing on
the German contribution to Western civilization.
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Calendar Information ?
Department
General Studies
Abbreviation Code:
GERM
?
Course Number: -141
?
Credit Hours:
3
Vector: 2-1-0
Title of Course:
Introduction to German
Civilization
Calendar Description of Course:
• ?
in
introductory course exploring the cultures
?
of
•
?
German-speaking people..
Nature of Course
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
None
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
?
None.
Scheduling
1-low frequently will the course be offered?
?
Every Fall.
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
?
1989-3
Which of.-.your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
M.Jackson L.
Kitching
Objectives of the Course
To help a student develop an understanding of intellectual
and artistic accomplishments which have shaped German ci-
vilization
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
?
None
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
pproval ?
- ?
-
Date:
Department
?
irman ?
Dean
?
Chairman, SCUS
S 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum scus 73-34a.
ach course outline).
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6'M14AJ
141-3
Introduction to German Civilization
S
.DIVISION OF iNTERDISCIPLINARY
RV
STUDIES
- Tel. 291-4509)
Course Chairman: Dr. L. Kitching
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
"An introductory course exploring the cultures . .;' of German-speaking
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
The objectives of the course are to help the student develop an understanding of intellectual and artistic
accomplishments which characterize a "German" identity and German-speaking countries. The student will acquire a
knowledge and appreciation of the events and forces which have shaped the values and phenomena of what is
commonly called German culture.
The German cultural heritage will be traced by choosing a period from the earliest times to the present and
illustrating important accomplishments in art, architecture, literature, music and thought. For example, lectures,
films and audio-visual materials could, e.g., present a survey of this heritage from 1806 to the present, treating such
topics as:
1.
The emergence of Germany, nationhood, World Wars, the GDR and the FGR,
Osipolirik
and the present
role of the FGR in world trade and international affairs.
2.
Selected works from periods in art history from C. D. Friedrich to G. Grass.
3.
Archictectual achievements from 19th c. castles and theaters through post WW
II
reconstruction.
4.
Selected literary masterpieces from Romantic. writers to the protest literature of the 1980s.
5.
Representative compositions from Schubert's
Lieder
to Orff.
6.
The impact of thinkers from Hegel to Helmut Schmidt.
EVALUATION:
The grade will be based on discussion and participation, oral presentations, an 8-10 page paper, and take-home mid-
term and final exams.
NOTE:
This course
will
be of special interest to students of European languages and literature and of the humanities,
generally. It will also appeal to students with a native background in German.
TEXT:
K. F. Reinhardt.
Germany-2000 Years,
(NY: Ungar, latest ed.), 2 vols.
A TYPICAL COURSE WOULD REQUIRE READINGS IN THE STANDARD JOURNALS AND IN SUCH BOOKS AS THE
FOLLOWING, SUPPLEMENTED BY MATERIALS FROM GERMAN/AUSTRIAN/SWISS AGENCIES AND XEROXED
SELECTIONS ON RESERVE. (IHE UST IS ILLUSTRATIVE, NOT EXHAUSTIVE.):
K. Schulz.
Deutsche Kultur—Bilder aus zweitausend Jahren.
(KOnigstein i. T.: KOster, latest ed.).
B. S. Myers & T. Copplestone, eds.
Art Treasures in Germany,
(NY: McGraw Hill, latest ed.)
H. -H. SchOnzeler.
Of German Music,
(London: Wolff, 1976)
K. S. Pinson.
Modern Germany—lzs History and Civilization,
(NY: MacMillan, latest ed.)
H. Glaser.
The German Mind of the 191h C.-A Literary and Histor. Anthology,
(NY: Continuum, 1981).
V.
Lange.
Great German Short Novels and Stories,
(NY: Modern Library, latest ed.)
W.
Kaufmann, ed.
Twenty-five German Poet" bilingual Collection,
(NY: Norton,
1975).
G. A. Craig.
The Germans,
(NY: Putnam's, 1982).
D. Gress.
Peace and Survival—W. Germany, the Peace Movement and European Security.
(Stanford: Hoover
Institution Press, 1985).
J. B. Hartman, ed.
Philosophy
of
recent times—Vol. 1: Readings in nineteenth century philosophy; Vol. 2:
Readings in twentieth century philosophy,
(NY: McGraw Hill, latest.)
Also:
Selections from translations of one or more works by Boll, Brecht, Frisch, Grass, Handke, Hauptmann, Hesse,
Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Kaiser, S. Lenz, T. Mann, Musil, Nietzsche, Novalis, Schnitzler, Tieck,
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6.
14i-3
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
?
Introduction to German Civilization
I
Course Chairman: M. Jackson
CC 8118
291-3672
Prerequisite ?
: None
eouRsE OUTLINE
We will trace the cultural history of the German-speaking
p
cOjS :, discuss
topics from literature, art history, music and philosophy, with focus on
the following: foundations (the conversion of Constantine, the Fathers of
the Western Church, 4th & 5th cent, invasions and settlement); the Carolingian
Empire(conquest; Carolingian Renaissance); Feudalism; Ciuilization in the
12th & 13th centuries (pilgrimage,scholasticism, chivalry, courtly love);
Woman in the Middle Ages; Martin Luther and the Reformation; the Baroque;
the rise of Prussia; the German Enlightenment; Classicism; Romanticism;
Biedermeier culture and society; the revolution of 1848; German liberalism;
the new Empire/religion and education; the road to war; the Weimar Republic!
the Weimar tragedy; 1933-1945; the post-war German speaking countries. --
The assignments comprise one paper (analysis of primary sources), a midterm,
a final examination, and active in-class participation.
TA'rr
Reinhardt, Kurt F. ermany: 2000 Years. 2 uols.Latest edition. New York: Ungar
GRADING
One paper: 25%
Midterm: 25%
Final: 25%
Participation: 25%
 
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
L. Calendar Information
?
Departmentlntel'di sciplinary Studies
•breviation Code:
GERM ?
300
Course Number:
?
Credit Hours:
3
TFitle of Course: Advanced German Composition and Conversation
Calendar Description of Course:
Practice in comprehension, reading,peakingard writing,cornbined
with a review
of
the essential points
of
grammar
Nature of Course
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
GERM 202-3
or the consent
of
te instructor
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
?
Every Fall
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
1989-3
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
M. Jackson, L. Kitching
Objectives of the Course
?
-
. .
?
?
To enable a student to obtain grater proficiency
in
understanding,
reading, writing .and speaking German
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Vector: 0-3-0
Faculty
Staff
?
None
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
pproval ?
-
Date: ?
27
6Z-t ,)/cse'
-.
Department
Chrinan
?
Dean
?
Chairman, SCUS
US 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
:t.-
?
course .outline).
t
?
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INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
?
GERMAN 300-3
C
ADVANCED GERMAN COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION
Course Chairman: M. Jackson
CC 8118
291-3672
Prerequisite': ?
GERM 202-3 or consent of the instuctor
COURSE OUTLINE
GERM 300-3 is designed for students who wish to improve, their command
of spoken and written German. Oral assignments will take the form of
discussions
based
on chapters from the required text as well as on material
selected from current German newspapers, magazines or journals. Students are
expected to prepare one lóner report on a, topic1,of their choice for in-class
presentation (the reports will be handed in to be corrected). Forms of written
assignments will include summary, simple narration, letters and essays.
REQUIRED TEXT
Brigitte M. Turneaure. 1987.
Der
treffende
Ausdruck. Texte, Ilbungen, Themen.
New York, London : W.W. Norton
RECOMMENDED TEXT
div WYrterbuch der deutschen Sprache. Latest edition. Munchen : dtu
GRADING
Active in-class participation: 25 %
?
Ll
Oral assignments: 25%
Written assignments: 25%
Final examination; 25%
 
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES
NEW
COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
Calendar Information ?
Departmentlnterdi sciplinary Studies
I
breviation Code:
GS ?
Course Number: 24o
?
Credit Hours:
3
Vector: 0-3-0
tie of Course: Introduction to German Literature (in German)
Calendar Description of Course:
A discussion of selected German literary texts
Nature of Course Iute4a
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
GERM 202-3 or consent of instructor
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
None
Scheduling
How frequently will the course
be offered?
LEveryS.pring.
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
?
1990-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
?
L.Kitching
• Objectives of the Course
To introduce a student to the analysis of representative writings by
German-speaking authors.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
None
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
Approval
Date:
?
2714
ff(
Depar tinent\hairman
fec
z1_
Dean
?
Chairman, SCUS
;us 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
:tach course outline).
tS-3
 
General Studies 240-3
Introduction to German Literature
(in German)
DIVISION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
?
(CC8313 - Tel. 291-4509)
Course Chairman: Dr. L. Kitching
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
"A Discussion of Selected German Literary Texts."
OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE:
The objectives of the course are to introduce the student to the understanding and
analysis of some of the best works by German-speaking authors from Lessing to S. Lenz.'
This is an intermediate course in reading German Literature and will be conducted
in German; students will acquire rapid reading facility in modern literary texts and develop
their skills in the formal use of spoken and written German.
Class work will include reading, analysis and discussion of selected prose, poetry
and a scene from a drama, together with exercise questions to be answered in oral and
written German. Students will be introduced to techniques of close textual analysis and
commentary
(explication de texte)
and will write two short formal papers in German.
Additionally, students will make two oral presentations based on the literary texts under
study. Study of audio-visual materials, including authorial readings and
Lieder, will
supplement the lectures.
EVALUATION:
The grade will be based on discussion and participation, oral presentations, two short
papers, and take-home mid-term and final exams.
NOTE:
This course will be of special interest to students of European languages and literature and
of the humanities, generally. It will also appeal to students with a native background in
German.
TEXT:
Erich Heller:
Dichter, Denker und Erzãhler, (NY:
MacMillan, 1982).
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:
R. M.
Rogers. A. R. Watkins, et al.
Scenes from German Drama, (NY:
Harper & Row,
latest edition).
R. M. Browning.
Umgang mit Gedichten, (NY:
McGraw Hill, latest edition).
 
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-.
4
?
•.
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1. Calendar Information
?
Department
Interdisciplinary Studie
g(
i
bbreviation Code: GS
?
Course Number: 242
?
Credit Hours:
3
Vector: 2-1-0
tle of Course:
Introduction to German Literature (in English Translation)
Calendar Description of Course:
A discussion of selected German •Literary.. 4exts in English translation
Nature 'of Course
?
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Students with credit for GERM 240
,
may not take this for further credit.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
?. Scheduling ?
None
How frequently will the course be offered?
?
. ?
Every Spring
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
?
1990-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
?
L.Kitching
I.
Objectives of the Course
. ?
To introduce a student to the analysis of representative writings
by German-speaking authors.
• Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library ?
None ?
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
Approval
Date: ?
7
£z ?
/,jf
?
De p
ar tmen7 Chairman
?
Dean
t
Chairman, SCUS
:us
.tach
73-34b:-
course outline).
(When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS
73-34a.
tS-3
 
General Studies 242-3
Introduction to German Literature
(in English Translation
DIVISION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
?
(CC8313 - Tel. 291-4509)
Course Chairman: Dr. L. Kitching
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
"A Discussion of Selected German Literary Texts in English Translation."
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
The objectives of the course are to introduce the student to the analysis of some of the best works
by German-speaking authors from Lessing to S. Lenz and instruct in methods of literary analysis.
This course in reading German Literature in English translation will be conducted in English;
students will acquire a knowledge of some of the best German poetry, novellas and important modern
German drama. Development of analytical skills in reading modem literary texts will be complemented by
a development of skills in the formal use of spoken and written English.
Class work will include reading, analysis and discussion of selected prose, poetry and drama,
together with exercise questions to be answered orally and in writing Students will be introduced to
techniques of close textual analysis and commentary
(explication de texte)
and will write two short formal
papers in English. Additionally, students will make two oral presentations based on the literary texts under
study. Study of audio-visual materials, including authorial readings and
Lieder, will
supplement the
lectures.
EVALUATION:
The grade will be based on discussion and participation, oral presentations, two short papers, and take-home
mid-term and final exams.
NOTE: This course will be of special interest to students of European languages and literature and of the
humanities, generally.
TEXTS:
H. Scher.
Four Romantic Tales from Nineteenth Century German,
(NY: Ungar, 1975).
A.
L. Wilson, ed..
Dimension—A Reader of German Literature Since 1968,
(NY: Continuum, 1981).
H. Steinhauer.
Twelve German Novellas,
(Berkeley: UCP, 1977).
M. Hamburger and C. Middleton, eds.
Modern German Poetry—An Anthology with Verse Translations,
(NY: Grove, latest edition).
B.
Brecht.
Collected Plays--Volume 9, (NY:
Vintage, latest ed.).
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS:
L. Perrine.
Literature—Structure, Sound and Sense,
(NY: Harcourt, latest ed.)
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
1.
Calendar Information ?
Department
Interdisciplinary Stud:
Abbreviation Code:
OS
?
Course Number:
?
341 ?
Credit Hours:
3
Vector: 0-3-0
Title of Course:
Selected Topics in German Studies
Calendar Description of Course:
An advanced course exploring in greater depth a particular area
in German Studies.
Nature of Course
Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Consent of the instructor.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
2. Scheduling
?
None
How frequently :-. will the course be offered?
Once yearly
I
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
1
989-3
or
1990-1
Which of your present faculty wouldbe available to make the proposed offering
possible? ?
M. Jackson, 1. Kitching
3.
Objectives of the Course
To enable a student to engage in a more detailed
study of a selected topic in German studies.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional
,
resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library ?
, ?
None
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5.
Approval
Date:
Department Chaman
?
Dean ?
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS.73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
ach course outline).
rts 78-3
 
- G5
341-3—Selected Topics in German Studies
DIVISION OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
?
(CC8313 - Tel. 291-4509)
Course Chairman: Dr. L. Kitching or Dr. M. Jackson
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
The objective of the course, which will be taught in English, is to enable a student to engage in a more
detailed study of a selected topic in German Studies.
Specifically, the objectives could be, in some semesters, e.g., to develop an understanding of the linguistic
structures of Modern German, or in others, e.g.. to trace normative developments in the history of the evolution of the
German language. The topic could also be chosen for a course in literature which examines representative works and
significant achievements of an author or a period in depth. Depending on the particular semester, lectures on literary
topics would be supplemented by films and audio-visual materials; lectures on linguistic topics would be supplemented
by AV materials on phenomena of standard speech and of dialects.
An example of a course in literature is as follows:
German Classicism— Goeth e and Schiller
Restricted mainly to representative poetic and dramatic works by Germanys two greatest writers of the late
18th and early 19th centuries, Goethe and Schiller, we shall investigate the nature and thought of what was a highly
personal form of Classicism. The writers' ideas about man's humanity are, first of all, examined in their poetry. In
their dramatic works, both authors pursue the development of the mind and the self toward the highest ideals. On the
one hand, the great significance of self-perfection is particularly striking in each author's women figures; on the other,
the towering figures of Wallenstein and Faust offer male counterparts in their struggle to make the world fit their
ideals. As will be shown, each author sets normative linguistic and poetic models for contemporaries and subsequent
writers.
SCHEDULE:
Generally, two weeks will be devoted to each text:
Sept. 8/15
?
Goethe's Poetry
?
Oct. 27/Nov. 3 Schifler's Poetry
Sept 22/29 ?
Iphigenia
?
Nov. 10/17 ?
Wallenstein U
Oct. 6/13/20 Faust U
?
Nov. 24/Dec. Maria Stuart
EVALUATION:
The grade will be based on: class participation and discussion, oral reports on background material and problems &
focus of the essay; a written study on three works for outside reading (Tasso, Faust I and Wallenstein I), an 8-10 pp.
paper, and take-home mid-term and final exams.
NOTE: This course will be of special interest to students of European languages and literature and of the humanities,
generally.
TEXTS:
Goethe—Selected Poems
(Oxford. U.P.);
Iphigenia in Tauris
Ungar);
Faust
(trsl. B. Fairley, (U of T Press);
Torqua:o Tasso
(Ungar).
Schiller—An Anthology for our Time
(Ungar);
Wallenstein—,4 Historical Drama in 3 Parts;
(Faber);
Mary
Stuart
(Faber).
A TYPICAL COURSE WOULD REQUIRE READINGS IN THE STANDARD JOURNALS AND IN SUCH BOOKS AS THE FOLLOWING, SUPP IMENTE) BY
MATERIALS FROM GERMAN/AUSTRIAN/SWISS AGENCIES AND XEROXED SELECIIONS ON RESERVE (THE LIST IS IlLUSTRATIVE, NOT
EXHAUSTIVE. THE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT SFU; ONLY SOME CALL NUMBERS ARE SHOWN.):
S.
S. Prawer.
German Lyric Poetry.
(London: Routledge,
1952).
T.
J. Reed.
The Classical Centre-Goethe and Weimar 1775-1832.
(London: C. Helm, 1980).
John Prudhoe.
The Theatre of Goethe and Schiller.
(Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1973)
Ronald Peacock.
Goethe's Major Plays.
(Manchester UP, 1959).
Barker Fairley.
Goethe's 'Faust' .
—Six Essays.
(Oxford: Clarendon, 1953)
A Study of Goethe.
(Oxford UP, 1961).
Alan P. Cottrell.
Goethe's Faust—Seven Essays.
(Chapel Hill: UNCarolina P. 1976), No. 86
R. Gray. Goethe —A Critical introduction.
(Cambridge UP, 1967).
G. Lukacs.
Goethe and his Age.
(London: Merlin, 1968) UNCSGL&L.
F. Schiller.
Plays—Intrigue and Love, Don Carlos,
(NY: Continuum, 1983). PT 2473 1(3 H5 1983
W. Wine.
Schiller's Life and Works.
(London: MacMillan, 1971).
F.
Fowler.
Schiller—Selected Poems,
(London: MacMillan, 1969) PT 2466 AS F6
C. Passage.
Friedrich Schiller.
(NY: Ungar, 1975) PT 2467 P3
W. H. Bruford.
Culture and Society
in
Classical Weimar.
(Cambridge UP, 1962) DD 901 W4 B7
G.
R. Mason.
From Gottsched to Hebbel,
(London: Harrap, 1961) PT 285 M37
W. Kohlschmidt.
A History of German Literature 1760-1805,
(London: MacMillan, 1975).

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