JOHN JACOB MEYER, PH.D., Instructor in German. CHESTER NATHAN GOULD, PH.D., Instructor in German and Scandinavian Literature. HANS ERNST GRONOW, PH.D., Instructor in German. JACOB HAROLD HEINZELMAN, PH.D., Associate in German. PAUL HERMAN PHILLIPSON, A.M., Assistant in German. FELLOWS, 1909-10 OTTILIE GERTRUDE BOETZKES, A.M. INTRODUCTORY For students who enter the University with no previous training in German, elementary and intermediate courses are offered, whose primary aim is to enable the student to read and to understand easily and accurately, without translation, German prose of ordinary difficulty. As a logical sequent of this initial instruction, advanced courses in language and literature are offered students who have taken these elementary and intermediate courses at the University of Chicago, or elsewhere. Prose composition, including translation into German of rather difficult English prose and construction of original German essays, is the prime feature of the advanced language work; in literature individual authors or periods of literary development become the subject of lectures, discussions, and themes. A strengthened grasp of the syntactic and stylistic resources of the language will be secured simultaneously with increased literary appreciation. The German courses of the Junior College (six majors), plus at least eight Senior College elective majors, or an equivalent, are required for admission to the graduate work of the Department. Graduate students from other institutions, whose preliminary training in German has been deficient either in quantity or quality, may be required to supplement their previous work by Senior College electives before admission to the standing of Graduate students in the Department. One Senior College elective (course 11) may be accredited to the Graduate student as resident work. The aims of the graduate courses offered by the Department are as follows: (1) To acquaint the student already in possession of a practical grasp of the German language with the great movements of literary and linguistic development within the Teutonic field, outside of English. (2) To direct the efforts of students, who have already received the requisite preliminary training, in the investigation of special problems of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, metrics, style, text-criticism, and literary history, including especially literary origins and relationships. Lectures and recitations are employed in the more general, and seminars in the more special and detailed features of the work. Still more personal direction is given by the instructor to the research student. A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is required to show intellectual independence and a scholarly equipment sufficient for the suc cessful investigation of hitherto unsolved literary and linguistic problems; familiarity with the general history of German literature and with the general development of the German language; a thorough command of oral and written German and ability to read Gothic, Old High German, and Middle High German; and a thorough knowledge of a special literary or linguistic subject. Due stress will be laid on the extent and accuracy of the candidate's reading in German literature. With Germanics as secondary subject, the required work may be done in literary or linguistic courses according to the needs of the candidate. For the Master's degree, acquaintance with the essentials of the general history of German literature and language is required. The extent and accuracy of the candidate's reading in German literature will receive consideration. Fellowships are assigned in accordance with the general regulations of the University. Circulars relating to this subject will be sent on application. Other things being equal, applicants who have proven their exceptional ability by work at the University of Chicago have a better chance of appointment than candidates not thus known to the Department. A Senior College Scholarship in German is annually awarded in June to a student who has received the Junior College certificate within the year then ending (October to July). The award is based upon: (a) standing in the required Junior College German, including courses XIV, 4, 5, 6; and (b) a special examination held in May upon these six courses. Candidates will consult the Departmental Examiner concerning such examinations. A Graduate Scholarship in German is annually awarded in June to a student who has received the Bachelor's degree within the year then ending (October to July). This award is based upon (a) standing in XIV-11 and in at least seven elective majors in the Senior Colleges; and (b) a special examination held in May. Candidates may choose as the basis of their examinations any three of the following courses, 11, 21, 22, 26, 46, 49, 52, 53, 91. The Germanistic Society of Chicago.-An incorporated association of Anglo-Americans and German-Americans, whose object is "to promote the knowledge and study of German civilization in America and of American civilization in Germany," has arranged for the year 1909-10 an extensive series of weekly lectures upon timely topics germane to the general purpose of the organization. These lectures by eminent professors of German and American universities, delivered for the most part in Fullerton Hall (Art Institute), are largely attended by the advanced students and by the instructors of the Germanic Department. Library.—Through the generosity of Mr. Julius Rosenwald the Department has been able to purchase the library of the late Professor Michael Bernays, embracing about nine thousand volumes. Texts of the eighteenthcentury classics in Germany, of the German Romanticists, and of later nineteenth-century writers are the basis of the collection. It also contains a large number of investigations in German literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The whole is supplemented by numerous texts of the French classics of the eighteenth century and of mediaeval Italian poets. These recent additions increase the size of the Germanic library to a total of about seventeen thousand volumes. This collection and the libraries of the English and Romance departments are in adjoining rooms and are administered as one. The libraries of other departments, as of History, Philosophy, the Classical Languages and Literatures, and also the Newberry Library, the Crerar Library, and the Public Library of the City of Chicago, supplement for the student the value of the Germanic library. The Germanic Club, including candidates for advanced degrees, other advanced students, and all instructors of the Department, meets twice each quarter for the reading and discussion of journal reports, reviews, and original papers upon subjects in language and literature within the scope of the regular work of the members. The German Conversation Club is an organization of undergraduate and graduate students under the leadership of a member of the Germanic Department. Its purpose is to arouse and sustain interest in the German language as a vehicle of oral expression. Membership, open to those who have already made some progress in the language, while it entitles the student to no extra academic credit, supplements the regular class work in the direction of greatly increased Sprachfertigkeit and Sprachgefühl. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION I. JUNIOR COLLEGE COURSES 1. Elementary Course in German.-The_two majors of courses 1 and 2 are to be taken in successive quarters. Mj. Every quarter. 1. Summer Quarter, 8:00, MR. PHILLIPSON. Autumn Quarter-Sec. a, b, c, 8:30, DR. GRONOW, DR. GOETTSCH, AND DR. HEINZELMAN. Winter QuarterSec. a, and b, 8:30, Dr. Von Noé and Dr. HEINZELMAN. Spring Quarter8:30, MR. PHILLIPSON. 2.-Mj. Autumn Quarter, 8:30, MR. PHILLIPSON. Winter QuarterSec. a, b, c, 8:30, DRS. GRONOW, GOETTSCH, AND HEINZELMAN. Spring Quarter-Secs. a and b, 8:30, DR. Von NoÉ AND PROFESSOR CUTTING. 3. Intermediate German.-This is a continuation of course 2, devoted to inductive reading of modern prose. Mj. Every quarter. Summer Quarter, 9:00, MR. PHILLIPSON. Autumn Quarter, 8:30, MR. PHILLIPSON. Winter Quarter, 9:30, DR. GOULD. Spring Quarter-Secs. a and b, 9:30, DR. GRONOW AND MR. PHILLIPSON. 4. Elementary German Composition.-The essential feature of the student's work in this course is the oral and written reproduction of easy prose, with variations along a widening range of syntax and idiom. (Freie Reproduktion.) Mj. Every quarter. Summer Quarter, 8:00, DR. VON NOÉ. Autumn Quarter, 9:30, DR. GRONOW. Winter Quarter, 9:30, DR. GRONOW. Spring Quarter, 9:30, MR. PHILLIPSON. 5. Modern Prose Readings.-The special purpose of this course is to afford, through the study of moderately difficult interesting prose, systematic drill in word-composition, word-derivation, the relationship of English and German words, and the principles of elementary syntax. Mj. Every quarter. Summer Quarter, 9:00, DR. GOULD. Autumn Quarter, 9:30, DR. HEINZELMAN. Winter Quarter, 12:00, DR. MEYER. Spring Quarter, 9:30, MR. PHIL LIPSON. 6. German Plays.- Reading and discussion of selected modern plays introduces the student to an attractive form of German literature, and imparts to him an appreciation and control of a wealth of German idiom in common use. Mj. Every quarter. Summer Quarter, 10:30, DR. HEINZEL MAN. Autumn Quarter, 11:00, DR. MEYER. Winter Quarter, 11:00, DR. GOULD. Spring Quarter, 11:00, DR. GOULD. II. SENIOR COLLEGE COURSES GROUP A. RHETORIC II. Aufsätze und Stilübungen.-Oral and written criticism of brief daily themes upon subjects suggested by the instructor. Freie Reproduktion. Discussion of German synonyms, the more difficult principles of syntax, and the elements of style. Open to graduate students upon consultation with the instructor. Summer Quarter, 9:00, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROKOSCH. Autumn Quarter, 9:30, DR. GRONOW. 12. German Word-Composition and Word-Relationships.—A course especially intended for teachers of German, consisting of (a) an examination of, and exercises in, the use of prefixes, infixes, and suffixes in the formation of the modern German vocabulary, and (b) a similar consideration of the uses of Umlaut and Ablaut in modern German. Open to graduate students upon consultation with the instructor. DR. GOETTSCH. [Not given in 1909-10.] GROUP B. COURSES IN LITERATURE (a) Lower Senior 21, 22. Introduction to the Study of German Literature.--Informal talks in German about the main movements and products of the national literature, supplemented by assigned readings and quizzes. 2Mj. Autumn Quarter, 12:00; Winter Quarter, 12:00, DR. MEYER. 23. Glimpses of German Life and Culture.-Talks in German on the Germany of today considered from the geographical, historical, literary, and cultural points of view. Based on Paszkowski's Lesebuch zur Einführung in die Kenntnis Deutschlands. Spring Quarter, 11:00, PROFESSOR CUTTING. 24. Schiller's Life and Works.-Lectures. Thomas' Schiller's Life and Works and Kühnemann's Schiller. PROFESSOR CUTTING. [Not given in 1909-10.] 26. German Poets of Patriotism during the War of Liberation.-A discussion of the German people's share in the downfall of Napoleon, of the aims and hopes of the intelligent classes, of the enthusiasm of the student volunteers, and of the expression of these elements in contemporary song. Mj. Winter Quarter, 11:00, PROFESSOR CUTTING. 27. Goethe's "Hermann und Dorothea" and Schiller's Ballads.-The reading of these pieces will be supplemented by some study and discussion of Goethe's other epical writings and ballads. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ALLEN. [Not given in 1909-10.] 28. Schiller's Later Dramas.—A consideration of the plots and characters of Maria Stuart, Die Braut von Messina, and Wilhelm Tell. Professor CUTTING. [Not given in 1909-10.] 30. Kleist and Grillparzer.-A reading-course in the dramatic writings of these two great post-classical German dramatists. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALLEN. [Not given in 1909-10.] 31. Goethe's "Goetz" and "Egmont."-Studied as the dramatic expression of the poet's period of storm and stress. DR. VON NOÉ. [Not given in 1909-10.1 32. Goethe's "Iphigenie" and "Tasso."-Studied as the dramatic expression of the poet's classical period. DR. VON NOÉ. [Not given in 1909-10.] 33. Lessing's Dramas.-Lessing's principal dramas will be read, with accompanying lectures upon Lessing's theory of the drama. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909-10.] (b) Upper Senior 41. Goethe's Life and Works.-A discussion of the principal phases and general cultural significance of Goethe's activity. Lectures, assigned reading, and reports. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909–10.] 42. Heine's Prose and Poetry.-Reading of the Reisebilder and the Buch der Lieder will be accompanied by investigation of the poet's sources and literary technique. Summer Quarter, 9:30, DR. HEINZELMAN. 43. German Short Story. A study of its origin and its development in the nineteenth century. (Kleist, Eichendorff, Hoffmann, Riehl, Storm, C. F. Meyer, Keller, Fontane, Wildenbruch.) DR. VON NOE. [Not given in 1909-10.] 44. Goethe's Lyrical Poetry.-Interpreted as an organic expression of Goethe's intellectual development. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909-10.] 45. German Lyrical Poetry in the Nineteenth Century.-An introduction to the history of humanistic ideals and lyrical forms during the last hundred years, ASSISTANT Professor SchÜTZE. [Not given in 1909–10.] 46. Lessing's Later Dramas.-A presentation of the salient features of Lessing's dramatic theory, in connection with the study of the plots and characters of Minna von Barnhelm, Emilia Galotti, and Nathan der Weise. Summer Quarter, DR. VON NOÉ. 47. Goethe's Dramas.-A study of the development of Goethe as a dramatist. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909-10.] 48. Goethe's Storm-and-Stress Period.-The political, social, educational, and literary protest against tradition, precedent, and the existing state of things, characteristic of the last third of the eighteenth century in Germany, with Goethe's share in the movement as revealed in his writings. PROFESSOR CUTTING. [Not given in 1909-10.] 49. Goethe's Period of Classical Sympathies.-The influence upon Goethe of surroundings, occupation, and friendship, in the direction of simplicity, regularity, and repose, studied in connection with Iphigenie, Tasso, and Hermann und Dorothea. Winter Quarter, 9:30, DR. Von Noé. 50. Schiller's Early Dramas. -A consideration of Schiller's dramatic expression of the storm-and-stress spirit in his plays Die Räuber, Fiesko, and Kabale und Liebe. PROFESSOR CUTTING. [Not given in 1909-10.] 52. Schiller's "Wallenstein."-Discussion of the causes, course, and effects upon Europe, of the Thirty Years' War, of the political and social background of the picture presented in this dramatic trilogy, and of the real Wallenstein as compared with Schiller's idealized hero, accompanies the reading of the text. Mj. Spring Quarter, 9:30, Dr. Von Noé. 53. Grillparzer's Dramas.—A careful study of these dramas as examples of literary art, and as organic expressions of Grillparzer's development and of the important factors in the culture of his time. Autumn Quarter, 12:00, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. 54. Contemporary German Dramas.-Interpretative readings of representative modern dramas. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909-10.] 55. Survey of German Literature of the Last Thirty Years.-Chiefly a study of the drama and of lyrical poetry. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909-10.] 56. The Classical Period in German Literature. The subject of the course is the development and significance of the classical ideal of humanity, as embodied in the principal literary products of this period. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHÜTZE. [Not given in 1909-10.] |
