WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
PROPOSAL FOR GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM COURSES
Department __Global Studies & World Languages___________________________
_Germ 204____________
Course No.
Date _2/14/2012____________
Special Topics in German Literature_______________________________ _______4______
Course Name
Credits
Prerequisites__None__________________________________________________________
GEP Goal Area(s):*
CORE GOAL AREAS
_____Goal 1: Communication
_____Goal 3: Natural Science
_____Goal 4: Mathematics/Logical Reasoning
_____Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral
Sciences
__X_ Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
THEME GOAL AREAS
_____Goal 7: Human Diversity
__X_ Goal 8: Global Perspective
_____Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility
_____Goal 10: People and the Environment
* Courses may be submitted for up to two Goal Areas.
Additional Requirement Categories:
_____Intensive:
_____ 1. Writing
_____ 2. Oral Communication
_____ 3. a. Mathematics/Statistics
_____ b. Critical Analysis
_____ Physical Development and Wellness
Provide information as specified in the previous directions.
Attach a General Education Program Approval Form.
Department Contact Person for this Proposal:
_Dr. Lilian Ramos_______________
Name (please print)
__457-5168________
Phone
___lramos@winona.edu_________________
e-mail address
[Revised 9-6-11]
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WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM APPROVAL FORM
Routing form for General Education Program Course approval.
Course
GERM 204______________
Department Approval
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Department Chair
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Dean’s Recommendation _____ Yes
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Dean of College
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*If the dean does not approve the proposal, a written rationale shall be provided to the General Education Program Subcommittee.
GEPS Recommendation
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General Education Program Director
A2C2 Recommendation
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Date
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Chair of A2C2
Faculty Senate Recommendation
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Academic Vice President Recommendation _____ Approved
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Decision of President
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Please forward to Registrar.
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Please notify department chair via e-mail that curricular change has been recorded.
[Revised 7-13-11]
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GEP CATEGORIES REQUESTED
Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
Application for GERM 204: Special Topics in German Literature to satisfy Goal Area 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
Note: Course already approved to satisfy Goal Area 8: Global Perspectives
STUDENT COMPETENCIES, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, & ASSESSMENT PLAN
Student Competencies
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate awareness of the
scope and variety of works in
the arts and humanities.
Learning Activities & Opportunities
Students will identify, describe and
react to a wide variety of novellas from
Germany, Austrian and Swiss culures.
Students will identify and contextualize
(period, artist, movement, or important
dates, etc.) a wide range of works in the
arts and humanities.
Assessment Plan
Assignment: In one section of an oral
presentation, students will be asked to
identify and contextualize (period,
artist, movement, or important dates,
etc.) a wide range of works in the arts
and humanities.
Sample Presentation Questions: a)
Identify and contextualize a German
Novella from the late 18th, 19th and
early 20th Centuries. In order to
contextualize this novella, you should
provide as many details as possible
(author, period, movement, important
dates or other relevant information).
Understand those works as
expressions of individual and
human values within a
historical and social context.
Students will describe and analyze
novellas from the target culture within
the works' historical and cultural
contexts.
Students will describe and compare
works of literature from culturally
distinct regions throughout the target
culture.
Students will explain how 3 different
literary works in the arts and humanities
are expressions of individual and
human values within diverse historical
and social contexts.
Respond critically to works in
the arts and humanities.
Students will describe and analyze the
ideas expressed in works of Germanic
literature from the target culture.
Students analyze diverse cultural forms
of expression and communication in the
target culture.
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Assignment: In one section of an oral
presentation, students will be asked to
explain how 3 different works in the
arts and humanities are expressions of
individual and human values within
diverse historical and social contexts.
Sample Presentation Questions: a)
Identify one novella and explain how
the author used it to express an
individual point of view for personal,
social, or political reasons.
b)Contextualize the literary work within
its social, cultural, and/or political
setting.
Assignment: As part of written
activity, students will be asked to
provide critiques of a literary work in
the arts/humanities. Students will be
asked to include two references of
previously published critiques (at least
one of which must be a print-based
Students will provide a critique of a
work in the arts/humanities.
source) and a personal critique.
Students will interpret and respond
critically to works from various cultures
in the arts and humanities.
Engage in the creative process
or interpretive performance.
Students will write creative
compositions and presentations.
Assignment: Students will be asked to
write 3 creative compositions and do a
creative group presentation.
Articulate an informed
personal reaction to works in
the arts and humanities.
Students will articulate oral and/or
writen reactions to a variety of works of
literature from the target culture.
Assignment: As part of an oral
presentation, students will be asked to
include 3 ways in which their chosen
literary work has influenced a specific
culture, group of people, or period.
These influences could be linked to the
time when the chosen work was first
created, or they could be linked to
present/ongoing influences.
Students will be asked to include 3
ways in which their literary work has
influenced a specific culture, group of
people, or period.
COURSE OUTLINE:
WEEK ONE
A.Introduction and theory of the novella
B.The Enlightenment
1.Philosophers
2.Rococo Literature (Anakreontik)
C. Christoph Martin Wieland
D.Love and Friendship by Wieland
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WEEK TWO
A.Sturm und Drang
B.German Classicism
C.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D.Novelle by Goethe
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WEEK THREE
A.German Romanticism
1.Jena Romantics
2.Heidelberg Romantics
3.Berlin Romantics
B. ETA Hoffmann
D.The Marchioness of O by Kleist
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WEEK FOUR
A.Adalbert Chamisso
B.Peter Schlemihl by Chamisso
C.Composition #1 due
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WEEK FIVE
A.The Young Germany Movement
B.Georg Büchner
C.Lenz by Büchner
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WEEK SIX
A.Biedermeier and Poetic Realism
B:Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
C.The Jew’s Beech by Droste-Hülshoff
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WEEK SEVEN
A.Adalbert Stifter
B.Tourmaline by Stifter
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WEEK EIGHT
A.Eduard Mörike
B.Mozart on the Way to Prague by Mörike
C.Midterm Exam
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WEEK NINE
A.Gottfried Keller
B.Clothes Make the Man by Keller
C.Composition #2 due
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WEEK TEN
A.Theodor Storm
B.The White Horse Rider by Storm
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WEEK ELEVEN
A.Cultural Pessimism in late 19th century Prussia
B.Theodor Fontane
C.Stine by Fontane
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WEEK TWELVE
A.Naturalism
B.Gerhardt Hauptmann
C.Heretic of Soana by Hauptmann
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WEEK THIRTEEN
A.Turn of the Century German Society
B.Thomas Mann
C.The Bajazzo by Thomas Mann
D.Composition #3 due
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WEEK FOURTEEN
A.Expressionist literature of the early 20th century
B.Franz Kafka
C.The Hunger Artist by Kafka
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WEEK FIFTEEN
A. Post-war Literature
B. Werner Bergengruen
C.Ordeal by Fire by Bergengruen
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WEEK SIXTEEN
Final Exam Week
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Learning outcomes for the course:
The student in German 204 will:
a. gain insight into several authors and novellas from representative periods of the 18th, 19th and 20
centuries.
b. Understand the main concepts of such literary periods as Classicism, Romanticism, Biedermeier, Poetic
Realism und Naturalism.
c. Demonstrate through classroom discussions, oral presentations, short papers and examinations a good
understanding of the primary themes of the assigned readings
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