A course designed to foster an understanding of the fundamental notions of critical inquiry and to provide training in intellectual and practical skills common to research in the areas of applied linguistics, film and literary studies.
GER 602Approaches in Literary and Cultural Theory0.50 units
Major currents in twentieth-century literary theory are discussed and applied to primary texts so that students can develop their own critical position.
A course designed to foster an understanding of the fundamental notions of critical inquiry and to provide training in intellectual and practical skills common to research in the areas of applied linguistics, film and literary studies.
GER 702Approaches in Literary and Cultural Theory0.50 units
Major currents in twentieth-century literary theory are discussed and applied to primary texts so that students can develop their own critical position.
Systematic presentation of fundamental quantitative and qualitative methods of linguistics. Students will learn to recognize these different methodologies and to associate them with a variety of research contexts. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 752Theories and Models of Applied Linguistics0.50 units
Communicative samples from the basis of explorations of theoretical models and related analytic methodologies in applied linguistics. Statistically-based quantitative models are compared with and differentiated from evidence-based qualitative models of analysis. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 753Theories and Methods of Cultural and Literary Studies0.50 units
Systematic presentation of fundamental methods of literary and cultural analysis. Students will learn to recognize these different methodologies and to associate them with a variety of research contexts. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 754Theories and Conceptions of Modernity0.50 units
Fundamental theories of modernism and modernity. Notions of epoch construction as well as the differing conceptualizations of modernity and social change from Luhman, Foucault, and Elias to Adorno and Horkheimer are examined. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
Questions of contrastive media textology, conversation analysis, text analysis, discourse analysis, field research, and transcription. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 762Research Directions in Language Acquisition and Multilinualism0.50 units
Current research and theories regarding language acquisition, language change, and multilingualism are examined, such as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistic notions of multilingualism, or language acquisition in social contexts. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 763Sociology of Language and Cultural Differentiation0.50 units
Interconnections between linguistic data, elements of language, and social and cultural phenomena are analyzed utilizing examples from actual communicative situations. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
The history of language as applied to the example of the development of German. Questions central to this general topic as well as problems of dialects and stages of language development are examined with an emphasis on Middle High and Old High German. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
The grammar of the German language, theory of language, and issues of the systematic description of language are the focal topics of this seminar. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 771Individual and Society in Historical Transformation0.50 units
Literary representations of the many examples of transformations from 18th century feudal to 19th century bourgeois societies. Changes in the social structures and orientations are examined with special attention to the development of the notion of the "individual" in the advent of the modern world. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 772Aesthetic Transformations and Theoretical Concepts0.50 units
Literary-aesthetic concepts of modernism are analyzed in light of their historical context and corresponding theoretical concepts. Special attention will be given to the influence of new media on models of literary production and reception. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 773Intercultural Perspectives, Post-colonial Consteallations & Transnational Discourses0.50 units
Literary reflections of intercultural encounters and cultural conflicts are analysed utilizing corresponding theoretical approaches. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
GER 774` German Literature and Culture Before 17000.50 units
Literature of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque. Exemplary texts are examined in their cultural and historical contexts. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
Analysis and interpretation of literary texts since the early Enlightenment using a variety of theoretical approaches, such as examinations of the works within literary-historical, genre, epochal or motif contexts. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.
Theory and history of media studies, combined with qualitative analyses of exemplary medial products (such as films) from the German cultural realm. This course is taught in Mannheim, Germany.