Fall 2004
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Online Class Page |
Course Requirements
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General |
100% attendance, preparation for class, promptness and quality of homework, participation in discussion and class activities. |
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Oral
Presentation |
Over the course of the semester, each student presents a German poem by a well-known author. This presentation is the basis for the semester paper.
Schedule a meeting with me
two weeks before your presentation to discuss your choice of author and
poem. Your presentation should not take longer than 20 minutes. It
should include a brief biography of the author, give mention to his/her main
works and place in literary history. Discuss the genre and theme of the poem, as well as its structure, rhyme, and meter before you conclude with an interpretation of the poem's meaning. Provide fotocopies to the class and read
the poem aloud at the beginning of your presentation. |
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Writing |
The three-page paper, the "semester paper", is based on your presentation of a poem in class. It should have 320 words per page, double space, and is due one week after the presentation.
Other writing assignments include four one-page papers on texts by Brentano, Novalis, Hebbel, and Kafka.
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Group Project |
Students translate Kleist's story "Das Bettelweib von Locarno" into English and rewrite it in German as a play. |
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Internet |
Student "publish" the final versions of some of their writings, such as the Kleist play and the Dinggedicht on the Online Class Page. |
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Exams |
Five quizzes on facts and vocabulary. No Midterm and Final Exam |
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Grading |
20 %
overall performance 40 %
1-page papers and 3-page semester paper |