SCHOOL OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES.
Professor Faulkner.
Mr. Voigt.
For Undergraduates.
German 1: Beginners may take this course. Elementary grammar
and prose composition; special training in pronunciation and simple conversational
German; reading of about four hundred pages of German prose,
with conversational exercises and composition work in free reproduction,
based on texts read. (No credit for any degree. Admits to German B1
only.) Two Sections: I. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 12-1. II. Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 1-2. Peabody Hall. Professor Faulkner, Mr. Voigt.
Students entering in January, with one to two years of preliminary
training in German, may profitably register for German 1, and will be
given credit for the work of the first term, on the successful completion
of the remaining two terms.
German B1: German 1 or German A and B of the entrance requirements,
prerequisite.—Reading of about eight hundred pages of prose, illustrative
of modern German life and thought; grammatical and conversational
exercises and composition work in free reproduction, based on texts read,
throughout the session. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Two
Sections: I. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. II. Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 1-2. Peabody Hall. Professor Faulkner, Mr. Voigt.
Students entering in January, with three years or more of preliminary
training in German, may profitably register for German B1, and will receive
full credit for the course by successfully completing the work of the
second and third terms of the current session, and that of the first term
in the session next ensuing.
German B2: German B1, or its equivalent, prerequisite.—History of
German Literature; Storm and Stress and the Classic Drama; the Romantic
Movement; German lyric and ballad poetry. Reading of about one
thousand pages in selected texts, illustrative of topics treated. Conversational
exercises and composition-themes in German throughout the session.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1.
Peabody Hall. Professor Faulkner, Mr. Voigt.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
The following courses are offered in alternate years. Unless otherwise
stated, all lectures and class work are in German. Hence students desiring
to enter either of these courses will be required to give satisfactory
evidence of ability to understand spoken German.
German C1: German B1 and B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—
First Term: Die Tragödie der Klassiker; Seminar: Schillers Wallenstein.
Second Term: Der deutsche Roman, 1795-1870. Third Term: Seminar:
Goethes Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre; Kellers Der Grüne Heinrich. Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 10-11. Peabody Hall. Professor Faulkner. Offered
in 1916-1917.
German C2: German B1 and B2, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—First
Term: Historical Grammar, with selected readings in specimens of early
New High German prose and poetry. (Given in English.) Second and
Third Term: Goethes Jugend: Gedichte bis 1775; die Leiden des jungen
Werthers; Götz von Berlichingen; Dichtung und Wahrheit. Seminar:
Goethes Faust, I. und II. Teil. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 10-11. Peabody
Hall. Professor Faulkner. Omitted in 1916-1917.
For Graduates.
The following courses are open only to candidates for a doctor's degree
in one of the Schools of English, English Literature, Latin, Greek, Romanic
or Germanic Languages, who have already completed not less than one year
of graduate work as candidates for that degree. Only one course will be
given in any one session. The selection will depend on the wishes and
needs of the applicants. Graduate students, therefore, who wish to enter
any one of these courses are requested to notify the head of the School not
later than June fifteenth, preceding the session in which they desire to enter
the course.
For all of these courses German C1 or C2 is a prerequisite.
German D1: Gothic and Old High German. Three hours a week, by
appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D2: Middle High German, with readings in the Nibelungenlied.
Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
German D3: Middle High German, with readings in Walther von der
Vogelweide. Three hours a week, by appointment. Professor Faulkner.
For Summer-school courses in German, on which college credit will be
allowed, see p. 256.
