GER 305 - Topics and Themes in German Poetry: Love, Songs and Love Songs

Course Units: 1

Students in this advanced intermediate course will increase their written and spoken language proficiency through an examination of the “love song” in the German language. Students will engage critically with the concept “German love songs,” in part guided by the questions “what is German?” “what is love?” and “what are songs?” The tradition of nineteenth-century German Art Song, perhaps the most well known songs about love in the German language, will form the basis for an examination of diverse articulations of “love” in this course in a variety of media, from medieval up to contemporary. Prerequisite(s): GER 201 or instructor permission. CC: LCC, JCHF, JLIT & JWOL