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German 119b. Great Works, Short Texts: German Stories

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2024

Day/Time

T 12:00PM - 2:00PM

Instructor

Dymek

Close reading of stories by Schiller, Tieck, Kleist, Hoffmann, Droste-Hülshoff, Stifter, Storm, Döblin, Kafka, Musil, Mann, Aichinger, and Bachmann. While the course focuses virtually entirely on the close reading of outstanding texts in the German literary tradition, there will be ancillary reading to help students situate these texts in the history of German culture.

Scandinavian 150. The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Tradition

Semester: 

N/A

Offered: 

2022

Day/Time

TR 1:30–2:45pm

Instructor

Mitchell

Examines the historical events in Europe A.D. 800 to A.D. 1100, and the resulting heroic legacy in medieval Icelandic sagas. The course focuses on Viking Age figures as warriors, kings, poets, outlaws and adventurers; pre-Christian religion and mythology, the Viking raids, and the Norse experience in "Vinland" carefully considered. All readings and discussions in English.