UNIVERSITY BULLETIN
New Series, Vol. III, No. 16
UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE COURSES IN
The Departments of the Romance Languages
AND OF THE
Germanic Languages and Literatures
FOR
1902-1903

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ANN ARBOR, MICH.
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY
1902
DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES.
OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION.
ARTHUR GRAVES CANFIELD, A.M., Professor of Romance Lan-
guages.
MORITZ LEVI, A.B., Junior Professor of French.
PAUL ROUSSEAU DE PONT, A.B., B.S., Assistant Professor of
French.
JOHN ROBERT Effinger, JR., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of French.
VICTOR EMMANUEL FRANÇOIS, Instructor in French.
HUGO PAUL THIEME, Ph.D., Instructor in French.
WINTHROP HOLT CHENERY, A.M., Instructor in French and Span-
ish.
COLMAN DUDLEY FRANK, A.B., Instructor in French and Spanish.
GEORGE HEMPL, Ph.D., Professor of English Philology and Gen-
eral Linguistics.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
The department of Romance Languages offers instruction in
the French, Italian, Spanish and Provençal Languages and Lit-
eratures and in Romance Philology. The description of courses
given below is designed to show what opportunities for special
and advanced study in this field the department affords, and the
kind and amount of preparation which it demands of candidates
for admission to such advanced work. It will be seen that at
least three years of collegiate study of these subjects must pre-
cede the candidacy for a higher degree. Students wishing to pur-
sue graduate courses in Romance Languages should in all cases
consult the head of the department before entering upon their
work.
FRENCH.
1. COURSES INTENDED FOR UNDERGRADUATES The first two courses
or their equivalent must precede all further work.
1,2. Elementary Course. Four hours a week, throughout the
year. Nine sections.
This course involves a thorough drill in pronunciation and a
careful study of the elementary facts of grammar. Easy texts
are read from the beginning, and the student is made acquainted
with the spoken language from the outset by the use of French
to a very large extent in conducting the work of the class-room.
It is expected that at the end of the year the student will know
thoroughly the conjugation of verbs, both regular and irregular,
and be familiar with the forms and common uses of pronouns,
adjectives and nouns; he will have read three or four hundred
pages of easy prose, will understand simple and straightforward
explanations in French concerning matters not wholly strange to
him, and should be able to express himself correctly in simple
sentences within the range of his vocabulary, which should be ex-
tensive enough and grasped firmly enough to enable him to read
with understanding at sight ordinary prose on familiar subjects.
3,4. Reading, Grammar, Composition. Four hours a week,
throughout the year. Six sections. This course is open to stu-
dents who have satisfactorily completed the elementary course
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above described, or who have had a two years course in a good
high school.
The work of this course is directed towards gaining: (a) the
ability to grasp accurately and at the same time rapidly the mean-
ing of the French phrase; to this end a considerable amount of
French prose from representative authors is read in class, and
other works are assigned for outside reading; (b) a knowledge of
French life, society, institutions and history; this consideration
dictates largely the choice of works to be read; (c) the ability to
understand the language when spoken and to express one's self
clearly in it; to this end the work is carried on almost wholly in
French, and includes regular exercises in composition.
5,6. Advanced Composition. Three hours a week, in the first
semester, two hours a week in the second semester. Assistant
Professor de Pont and Mr. François. This course is open to stu-
dents who have completed satisfactorily the course of the second
year just described, or who have had a four years course in
French in a good high school.
This course aims to enable the student to write French cor-
rectly and idiomatically. The work consists in translation from
English and in free composition on subjects assigned for prep-
aration or presented orally in French. The language used
French throughout, and at the end of the year the student should
be able to follow a lecture in French with profit. Each student's
work is carefully criticized and discussed individually with the
writer.
7. Molière. Two hours a week, first semester.
CANFIELD.
Professor
Five or six of the main comedies of Molière are read care-
fully and discussed with reference to the social conditions on
which they are based, the ideas and philosophy of life that inform
their satire, their relation to Molière's life and experience, and
their structure and technical qualities. The minor plays are read
rapidly or their character is briefly indicated by lectures. Lec-
tures also supply such a view of French comedy before Molière
as is necessary in order to appreciate his originality as a dramatic
artist and his position in the history of comedy in France.
8. Classical Tragedy. Two hours a week, second semester.
Professor LEVI.
Victor Hugo's Novels.
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The object of this course is to afford an adequate knowledge
and appreciation of the tragedy of the seventeenth century. Sev-
eral masterpieces of Corneille and Racine are read and carefully
discussed and compared with the tragedy of antiquity on the one
hand, and with that of Shakspere on the other. The dramatic
rules that classicism observed are considered, and the essential
features of the conception of tragedy in conformity with them
are pointed out.
9, 10. Great Writers of the Seventeenth Century. Two hours
a week, throughout the year. Mr. CHENERY,
The purpose of this course is to give the student a considerable
acquaintance with the representative writers of the seventeenth
century outside of the drama, and with the movement of ideas
reflected in their works. The social and political conditions of
the time are kept in view, and the unity of the social, political
and literary ideals pointed out.
11. Prose Writers of the Eighteenth Century. Two hours a
week, first semester. Assistant Professor DE PONT.
In this course significant portions of the works of Voltaire,
Montesquieu, Diderot and d'Alembert are read and commented
on, in the light of the political and social movement and of the
gathering elements of revolution to which they contributed.
12. Rousseau. Two hours a week, second semester. Profes-
sor CANFIELD.
In this course a survey is sought of the characteristic ideas of
Rousseau, and of the way in which he applied them in the fields
of politics, morals. religion and education. His two important
Discours and the Contrat Social are carefully read, as well as his
Lettre à d'Alembert and several other of his shorter writings.
Significant extracts from his longer works are read, and their
character and meaning studied. Lectures supply information
concerning the life and personality of Rousseau, the currents of
thoughts of his time, the social and political background, and
the influence which his works have exerted.
13. Victor Hugo's Novels. Two hours a week, first semester.
Professor LEVI.
In this course some of Victor Hugo's novels are read care-
fully, while others are read only in part or are analyzed and
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This course aims to furnish the student with a general out-
line of French literature covering the last three centuries. Lec-
tures are given, chiefly in French, and the best histories of French
Literature are constantly used for reference. Great importance
is attached to a first-hand acquaintance with the books studied,
and the student is expected to have read during the course a
large number of representative masterpieces in addition to those
with which he may have been acquainted from previous courses
of reading. Upon this reading reports are made in class. In
addition to the reports the student may be required to write one
or more essays each semester.
23. French Literature of the Sixteenth Century. Three hours
a week, first semester. Dr. THIEME.
It is intended in this course to give the student a general
idea of the relation of the sixteenth century to the development
of French literature as a whole, with the influences that led up
to the formation of the classical ideal of the seventeenth cen-
tury. Rabelais, Ronsard, and Du Bellay, as true representatives
of the French esprit and culture, are studied in detail. The
course comprises: (1) a study of the meaning of the Renaissance,
its influence upon French literature, history and politics, and a
general outline of the history of French civilization in the six-
teenth century; (2) a study of the language of the sixteenth
century, the foreign influences and its reaction under them, illus-
trated in the authors read; (3) a study of the prose of the six-
teenth century as exemplified especially in Rabelais and Mon-
taigne; (4) a study of the poetry of the century as exemplified
especially in Ronsard and Du Bellay.
24. Teachers' Course. One hour a week, second semester.
Professor CANFIELD.
This course is designed for those who wish to teach French,
and comprises a general review of the elements of grammar from
the standpoint of the needs of elementary instruction. Questions
of method are touched only incidentally. Courses on the method
of teaching modern languages are given in other departments.
25. Proseminary in French Literature. Two hours a week,
first semester. Professor CANFIELD.
The subject to be investigated in this course is the beginning
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of literary criticism in France and the formation of the classical
doctrine.
26. Dramatists of the Eighteenth Century. Three hours a
week, second semester. This course will be given in 1902-1903,
but not in 1903-1904. Assistant Professor DE PONT.
This course gives a view of the history of comedy from
Molière to the revolution. Representative plays of Regnard,
Marivaux, Le Sage, Destouches, de la Chaussée, and Piron are
read, and their meaning for social conditions and the movement
of ideas, as well as for the development of dramatic forms and
processes, is observed.
27, 28. Historical French Grammar. Twice a week, through-
out the year. Professor CANFIELD.
This course aims to present such an outline of the main facts
presented by the history of the growth of the French language
as will give a clear insight into that growth and serve as a
foundation for further special philological study. Reading of
Old French texts is a constant part of the work, the purpose
being to give as large a measure as possible of familiarity with
the older phases of the language.
29. History of French Literature to the end of the Fifteenth
Century. Twice a week, first semester. Professor CANFIELD.
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In this course a general survey is made of the literature of
France during the middle ages, emphasis being chiefly laid on
the most characteristic productions. Representative works will
be read and the distinctive qualities of the medieval spirit and
outlook on the world pointed out. Attention is given to the
beginnings of modern thought and feeling, and to those elements
of culture that the middle ages passed on to the modern world.
This course must be preceded by that in Historical French Gram-
mar.
31. French Versification. Two hours a week, first semester.
Dr. THIEME.
This course discusses: the essential difference between rhyth-
mics and metrics; the essential characteristics of ancient, Ger-
manic, and Romance versification; the conflict between quanti-
tative, accentual, and rhythmic verse; theories on the origin of
French versification; the origin and development of assonance
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and rhyme; the function and importance of mute e; the origin
of stresses and hemistich; the development of overflow and syl-
lable count; Old French verse; classical French verse; romantic
verse; modern verse.
PROVENCAL,
30. The Language and Work of the Troubadours. Two hours
a week, second semester. Professor Canfield.
This course includes a study of the outlines of Provencal
grammar so far as may be necessary to a reading of texts. As
much ground as possible is covered by reading. The poetry of
the troubadours is studied with respect both to its form, its
fundamental conceptions, and its relation to modern literature.
This course must be preceded by the course in Historical French
Grammar.
ITALIAN.
The courses in Italian are open only to students who have
completed the Elementary Course in French or an equivalent.
The courses on Dante may be taken by graduates and under-
graduates.
1,2. Elementary Course. Three hours a week, throughout
(This course begins with the second semester.) Pro-
the year.
fessor LEVI.
This course involves careful drill in the grammar and con-
siderable practice in reading. It is intended to prepare the stu-
dent for intelligent and appreciative reading of Italian literature.
3, 4. Dante. One hour a week, first semester; three hours a
week, second semester. Professor LEVI.
The work of this course comprises lectures on the life, times,
and influence of Dante, and the study of such books as Scar-
tazzini's Dante-Handbuch (translated by Butler), Kraus'
Dante, and others. In the first semester La Vita Nuova is
studied in its relation to the Divina Commedia. In the second
semester the Divina Commedia is taken up. A comprehensive
view of the poem as a whole is sought rather than a careful
study of details. These are insisted upon only in so far as they
serve the end in view. Scartazzini's edition is used.
History of Spanish Literature.
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SPANISH.
The courses in Spanish are open only to students who have
completed the Elementary Course in French, or an equivalent.
I. COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATES.
1,2. Elementary Course. Three hours a week, throughout the
year. Mr. CHENERY.
The work of this course is pursued somewhat on the plan
of the Elementary Course in French. A considerable familiarity
with the spoken language is aimed at, as well as the ability to
express one's self correctly.
3,4. Grammar, Reading and Composition. Three hours a
week, throughout the year. Mr. CHENERY.
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This course is similar in its scope and purpose to the cor-
responding course in French, which see. It is open only to
those who have completed the elementary course or an equiva-
lent.
2. COURSES FOR GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES.
ERY.
5. Cervantes. Two hours a week, first semester. Mr. CHEN-
The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with
Cervantes and the position he occupies in the literature of his
country. Some attention will be given to his life as well as to
his works.
6. History of Spanish Literature in the Sixteenth and Seven-
teenth Centuries. Two hours a week, second semester. Mr.
CHENERY.
This course seeks a survey of the characteristic works of
Spanish literature in these centuries, with special reference to
the drama. Representative works of the greater dramatists are
read, and they are placed in their historical relations to the large
movement of Spanish national life.
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ROMANCE JOURNAL CLUB.
The instructors and advanced students in the Department of
Romance Languages meet fortnightly to discuss current contri-
butions to our knowledge of Romance literature and philology
contained in the special journals devoted to this field or in new
books.
LECTURES.
Public lectures on subjects connected with the study of Ro-
mance Languages and literatures are given from time to time,
either by instructors of the department or by scholars from
other institutions in this country or abroad.
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DEPARTMENT OF GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND
LITERATURES.
OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION.
MAX WINKLER, Ph.D., Professor of German Language and Lit-
erature.
TOBIAS DIEKHOFF, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of German.
JONATHAN AUGUST CHARLES HILDNER, Ph.D., Instructor in Ger-
man.
WARREN WASHBURN FLORER, Ph.D., Instructor in German.
EWALD BOUCKE, Ph.D., Instructor in German.
HERBERT DE WITT CARRINGTON, Ph.D., Instructor in German.
WILLIAM HENRY WAIT, Ph.D., Instructor in German.
JOHN DIETERLE, A.M., Instructor in German.
CARL EDGAR EGGERT, Ph.D., Instructor in German.
CARL FREDERICK AUGUSTUS LANGE, A.M., Instructor in German.
JOHN WILLIAM SCHOLL, A.M., Assistant in German.
GEORGE HEMPL, Ph.D., Professor of English Philology and Gen-
eral Linguistics.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The courses in the Department of the Germanic Languages
and Literatures are divided into three groups:
1. Courses intended primarily for undergraduates.
The aim of these courses is to enable the student to read,
write and speak German with facility and accuracy, and
to introduce him to some of the masterpieces of German
literature. Students who wish to acquire a practical
knowledge of the language are advised to elect at least
Courses 1, 2, 3 and 4.
2. Courses intended for undergraduates and graduates.
These courses aim to give the student a more comprehensive
and scholarly knowledge of the German language and lit-
erature. Some of the electives in this group are especially
designed for students who wish to prepare themselves to
teach German in the high schools. Candidates for the
master's degree with German as a major or a minor are
generally advised to choose some electives from this group.
3. Courses intended primarily for graduates.
These courses are especially designed for advanced students
who have the doctor's degree in view.-A number of the
courses in all three groups are conducted entirely in Ger-
man, and in all the courses the language is spoken to some
extent, and constant attention is given to pronunciation.
The work in Courses 1, 2, 3 and 4 is laid out on the basis
of an entire academic year, and it is expected that the
student will not change the instructor or section at the
end of the semester.
Students who have had two years in the high school and
intend to pursue the study of German in the University,
should elect Course 3.
Students who have had four years of German in the high
school are advised to enter Course 5a, which is continued
in the second semester by Course 6a or by any two elec-
tives chosen from Courses 6b, 6c, 6d and 8.
The requirements for admission to the various courses are
generally stated in connection with the description of the
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courses, but when the requirements are not specifically
stated, the student should consult the instructor before
electing such courses.
DETAILED STATEMENTS.
FIRST SEMESTER.
(For the hours and rooms of the various courses see General
Announcement.)
1. Elementary Course. Pronunciation, grammar, and easy
readings, with practice in speaking and writing German.
Thomas's German Grammar. Nine sections. Four times
a week. Drs. HILDNER, FLORER, BOUCKE, CARRINGTON, EG-
GERT and Messrs. DIETERLE, LANGE and SCHOLL.
This course is intended for students who have had no previ-
ous knowledge of German. Its principal aim is to give
the student a sufficient knowledge of the fundamental
principles of grammar and of the common vocabulary to
enable him to read easy German at sight. Considerable
attention is also given to a thorough training in pronunci-
ation, to oral practice and to writing German from dicta-
tion. Some reader or easy German text is used early in
the course.
3. Modern Prose. Narrative and dramatic, with practice in
speaking and writing German. Continuation of Course 2,
and also intended for students who have had two years
of German in the high school. Ten sections. Four times
a week. Assistant Professor DIEKHOFF, Drs. HILDNER,
FLORER, BOUCKE, CARRINGTON, EGGERT and Messrs. DIE-
TERLE and Lange.
This course is adapted to the needs of students who intend
in a subsequent year to take any of the more advanced
courses in German. Grammar and syntax are systemat-
ically studied, drill upon pronunciation is continued, and
considerable attention is given to oral exercises and com-
position. The composition work consists in translations.
from English into German, in paraphrases and easy Ger-
man themes. The reading matter is selected from such
works as the following: Freytag's Die Journalisten,
Heyse's L'Arrabbiata and Das Mädchen von Treppi, Hauff's
Selected Works of Schiller, Goethe and Lessing.
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Lichtenstein, Riehl's Burg Neideck and Der Fluch der
Schönheit, Rosegger's
Rosegger's Waldheimat, Meyer's Gustav
Adolfs Page, Fouqué's Undine, Hoffmann's Historische
Erzählungen, Ebner-Eschenbach's Die Freiherren von
Gemperlein, Wildenbruch's Das edle Blut, Moser's Der
Bibliothekar, etc. Selections from the lyrics of Goethe,
Schiller and Heine are also read and a few poems are
committed to memory.
5. Selected Works of Schiller, Goethe and Lessing.
The courses here given are especially designed for those
students who have satisfactorily passed Courses 3 and 4,
and who wish to enter upon a more extended study of
German literature.
Students who have had four years of German in a reputable
high school or academy are advised to take Courses 5a
and 6a.
The object of the courses under this heading and of the
courses under 6 is a thorough and critical study of the
masterpieces selected. The student is required to consult
such biographical, historical and critical works as are
necessary for an intelligent understanding and apprecia-
tion of the texts read. Essays and reports embodying the
results of such investigations are prepared from time to
time.
These courses may be taken as-
5a. Schiller's Wallenstein and Die Braut von Messina. Four
times a week. Professor WINKLER.
Thomas's Life and Times of Schiller, Gardiner's History of
the Thirty Years' War, and selections from Schiller's
Geschichte des dreissigjährigen Krieges are read privately
by the students of this course.
5b. Goethe's Götz von Berlichingen, Leiden des jungen Wer-
thers, and Schiller's Kabale und Liebe. Three times a
week. Two sections. Drs. HILDNER and FLORER.
The aim of this course is to introduce the student to the
literary and social ideals of the Storm and Stress Move-
ment. The students are required to read Grimm's Life and
Times of Goethe in connection with this course.
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5c. Lessing's Hamburgische Dramaturgie. Two hours a week.
Dr. HILDNER.
Harris' abridged edition of the work is used, and the aim of
the course is to develop the essential ideas of Lessing's
dramaturgic views and discuss them from the standpoint
of the more recent speculations on the subject. Lipps,
Streit über die Tragödie, is read in connection with this
course.
5d. Schiller's Aesthetic Writings. Two hours a week. Profes-
sor WINKLER.
The shorter philosophic and aesthetic essays of Schiller are
read privately and reported upon by the students, while
the main stress of the course is laid upon the critical study
of Naive und sentimentalische Dichtung. The influence
of these essays on Schiller's later lyric and dramatic poetry
is discussed.
Omitted in 1902-1903, to be given in 1903-1904.
7. Modern German Novels. Two hours a week. Dr. FLORER.
This course is intended to introduce the student to the best
novelistic literature of the 19th century. Selections from
the novels of Freytag, Scheffel and Sudermann are read
in class, and supplementary private readings with reports
are required. Lectures on the development of the German
novel in the 19th century.
9. Historical Prose. Two hours a week. Assistant Professor
DIEKHOFF.
This course is designed to give students who expect to pur-
sue advanced studies in history, philosophy and economics
facility in reading German books on these subjects.
II. German Composition. Two hours a week. Five sections.
Drs. HILDNER, BOUCKE, CARRINGTON and Messrs. DIETERLE
and LANGE.
This course is designed for students who wish to acquire
facility and accuracy in writing German. Candidates for
the Teacher's Diploma in German are especially advised
to elect this course. Von Jagemann's German Syntax is
thoroughly studied. The composition exercises consist in
graded translations into German, and in German themes
Introduction to Middle High German.
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on assigned topics. The course is open to students who
have had at least Courses 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the University,
or a corresponding amount of German in the high school.
An advanced section is sometimes formed to meet the
needs of students who wish to pursue the course for an-
other year.
13. Practice in German Conversation. Four sections. Two hours
a week. Dr. EGGERT and Messrs. DIETERLE and LANGE.
This course aims to give the student a practical command
of the German language, and is of special importance for
those who intend to teach German. It is open to students
who have had at least Courses 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the Univer-
sity, or an equivalent amount in the high school. The
methods followed vary with the needs of the classes. The
sections formed are comparatively small, so that consid-
erable attention can be given to the individual student.
FOR GRADUATES AND UNDERGRADUATES.
15. Goethe's Faust, Part I. Lectures and recitations. Thomas's
edition. Open to students who have done satisfactory
work in one or more courses under 5 and 6, or their equiv-
alent. Professor WINKLER.
The drama is studied as a work of art, and the life and
thoughts of Goethe, affording a basis for its interpreta-
tion, are carefully reviewed and analyzed. An attempt is
also made to introduce the student to the many and diffi-
cult questions of Faust-criticism. An excellent Goethe
library of about 1,000 volumes, which is especially well
equipped with the critical works on Faust, affords ample
opportunity for the advanced study of specific problems in
the Faust drama.
17. Introduction to Middle High German. Lectures and recita-
tions, with collateral readings. Paul's Mittelhochdeutsche
Grammatik and Bachmann's Mittelhochdeutsches Lese-
buch. Three hours a week. Assistant Professor DIEK-
HOFF.
This course is intended to give the student a general knowl-
edge of Middle High German Grammar and enable him.
to read the easier literary productions of the period. Char-
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acteristic differences of forms and syntactical constructions
between Middle and Modern High German are especially
Candidates for the Teacher's Diploma in
dwelt upon.
German are strongly advised to elect this course.
19. History of German Literature from the Earliest Times to
the End of the Middle Ages. Lectures and selected read-
ings. Two hours a week. Professor WINKLER.
This course is designed to give the student a general survey
of the development of Old High German and Middle High
German Literature, with special reference to the intellec-
tual, social and religious movements of these periods.
This course and its continuation (Course 20) are recom-
mended to all advanced students of German literature,
and especially to all candidates for the Teacher's Diploma
in German. The works used are: Vogt und Koch, Ge-
schichte der deutschen Literatur von den ältesten Zeiten bis
zur Gegenwart, and Francke's History of German Litera-
ture.
21. German Romanticism. Lectures, assigned readings and re-
ports. Two hours a week. Professor WINKLER.
The beginnings of German Romanticism are carefully dis-
cussed, especially its aesthetic, social and religious specu-
lations as influenced by the philosophy of Fichte and
Schelling. The principal works of the brothers Schlegel,
of Tieck and Novalis are read, and the students are ex-
pected from time to time to read reports on the various
phases of the movement.
23. Modern German Sounds. The Elements of Phonetics, with
special reference to the sounds of German, French, etc.
Two hours a week. Professor HEMPL. See Course 4 in
the Department of English Philology and General Lin-
guistics.
It is now generally conceded that the teacher of a modern
language, no matter what method he may pursue in in-
structing his pupils, should himself be well grounded in
the elements of phonetics, in order that he may be able to
appreciate and meet the difficulties that confront the learn-
er of foreign sounds and habits of speech, and be prepared
to explain the principles that underlie questions of varied
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usage. This course is designed to supply this need. Can-
didates for the Teacher's Diploma in German are strongly
advised to elect this course.
27. Epochs of German Culture. Two hours a week. Dr.
BOUCKE.
Lectures and assigned readings, mostly from Gustav Frey-
tag's Bilder aus der deutschen Vergangenheit. This course
is intended to supplement the courses in German Literature
and to give a survey of the historical development of Ger-
- man civilization in its various expressions, with special
regard to the history of art. German Folklore, the Age
of Chivalry, German Renaissance, and the 18th and 19th
centuries will receive special attention.
25a. The Early Works of Lessing. Lectures and reports. Two
hours a week. Dr. FLORER.
The aim of this course is a thorough study of Lessing's
early dramatic and critical works, showing their relation
to his later activity.
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATES.
GERMAN PHILOLOGY.
29. Old High German. Lectures and recitations on the grammar
in connection with Braune's Abriss der Althochdeutschen
Grammatik, and with collateral use of Braune's Althoch-
deutsche Grammatik. Reading of selections from Braune's
Althochdeutsches Lesebuch. Two hours a week. Assist-
ant Professor DIEKHOFF.
The course is intended to give the student a general knowl-
edge of Old High German Grammar, and thus furnish
him with a basis for an historical view of the development
of the German language.
Omitted in 1902-1903, to be given in 1903-1904.
31. Old Saxon. Two hours a week. Assistant Professor DIEK-
HOFF.
Lectures and recitations on the grammar in connection with
Holthausen's Altsächsisches Elementarbuch and the read-
ing of a part of the Heliand, Behaghel's edition. As far
as possible, the relation of Old Saxon to other Germanic
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dialects, particularly Gothic and Old High German, will
be studied.
Courses 29 and 31 are given in alternate years.
33. History of the German Language. Two hours a week. Dr.
BOUCKE.
This course aims to give a systematic presentation of the
general development of the German language from the
earliest times to the present. A knowledge of Gothic, Old
High German and Middle High German is required for
this course.
GOTHIC.
35. Introductory Course. Two hours a week. Assistant Profes-
sor DIEKHOFF.
Lectures on the grammar and reading of the Gospels. Text-
book, Wright's Primer of the Gothic Language, with col-
lateral use of Braune's Gotische Grammatik, Streitberg's
Gotisches Elementarbuch and Wilmann's Deutsche Gram-
matik. This course is intended as an introduction to Ger-
manic philology.
SCANDINAVIAN.
37. Old Icelandic. Introductory course, based on Kahle's Alt-
isländisches Elementarbuch. Two hours a week. Dr.
BOUCKE.
Omitted in 1902-1903, to be given in 1903-1904.
Courses 33 and 37 are given in alternate years.
PROSEMINARY.
39. Proseminary in the Storm and Stress Movement. Two hours
a week. Professor WINKLER,
Study of the foreign influences and the social and literary
conditions of Germany that gave rise to the movement.
Investigations in Hamann, Herder, Lavater, Goethe, Lenz,
Klinger, Maler Müller, Heinse, etc. The chief aim of
this course is to acquaint the student with the methods of
modern literary research.
Selected Works of Goethe and Lessing.
SECOND SEMESTER.
PRIMARILY FOR UNDERGRADUATES.
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2. Elementary Course continued. Grammar, descriptive prose
and short stories, with practice in speaking and writing
German. Nine sections. Four hours a week. Drs. HILD-
NER, FLORER, BOUCKE, CARRINGTON, EGGERT and Messrs.
DIETERLE, LANGE and SCHOLL.
4. A Drama of Goethe, Schiller or Lessing, with collateral
prose reading and practice in speaking and writing Ger-
man. Continuation of Course 3. Four hours a week. Ten
sections. Assistant Professor DIEKHOFF, Drs. HILDNER,
FLORER, BOUCKE, CARRINGTON, EGGERT and Messrs. DIE-
TERLE and LANGE.
This course serves as an introduction to the study of German
classical literature. The poet's life and times are studied
in connection with the classic selected, and the student is
expected to consult such critical and historical works as
may be required for the understanding of the drama. The
work in grammar is continued, and essays based on the
drama are written from time to time in German.
6. Selected Works of Goethe and Lessing.
Continuation of the courses under 5.
These courses may be taken as-
6a. Goethe's Iphigenie, Tasso, Hermann und Dorothea, and
Wilhelm Meister. Four hours a week. Lectures and
recitations. Two sections. Drs. HILDNER and FLORER.
6b. Lessing's Nathan der Weise. Two hours a week. Lectures
and recitations. Dr. CARRINGTON.
6c. Lessing's Laokoon. A study of Lessing's essay with a com-
parison of the critiques of Herder and Goethe. Two hours
a week. Professor WINKLER.
Lessing's ideas on poetry and art are studied critically from
the point of view of more recent theories.
Students interested in aesthetics are advised to elect this
course.
6d. Lyric Poetry from Goethe to the Present. Lectures and
readings, especially from Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Uhland,
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with selections from the principal lyric writers of the
nineteenth century, such as Geibel, Rückert, Freiligrath,
Platen, Lenau and Eichendorff. Two hours a week. Dr.
EGGERT.
8. Grillparzer. Reading of selected dramas. Sappho, Des
Meeres und der Liebe Wellen, Medea. The poet's life
and art are studied with special reference to the influence
of German classicism. Two hours a week. Dr. Carring-
TON.
10. Historical Prose. Continuation of Course 9. Two hours a
week. Assistant Professor DIEKHOFF.
12. German Composition. Continuation of Course II. Five
sections. Two hours a week. Dr. BouCKE and Messrs.
DIETEKLE and LANGE.
14. Practice in German Conversation. Continuation of Course
13. Four sections. Dr. EGGERT and Messrs. DIETERLE
and LANGE.
FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES.
16. Goethe's Faust, Part II. Continuation of Course 15. Thom-
as's edition. Two hours a week. Professor WINKLER.
18. Middle High German. Continuation of Course 17. Lectures
and selected readings from the Nibelungenlied, Gudrun
and the minor epics. Two hours a week. Assistant Pro-
fessor DIEKHOFF.
The characteristic features of the folk-epic, its legendary
setting, language and metre are studied. Reports on as-
signed topics.
20. History of German Literature from the Beginning of Hu-
manism to the Death of Lessing. Lectures and selected
readings. Continuation of Course 19. Three hours a
week. Professor WINKLER.
Special stress is laid in this course on the literature of the
sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
22. The Later Romantic Movement in Germany. Continuation
of Course 21. Two hours a week. Professor WINKLER.
The lectures of this course trace the history of German Ro-
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manticism from the national regeneration following the
battle of Jena through the wars of liberation and the period
of restoration down to the intellectual and social move-
ments leading to the Revolution of 1848. Special stress
is laid upon the works of Jean Paul, Brentano, Arnim,
Heinrich von Kleist, Arndt, Körner, Uhland and the
Suabian School, and Heinrich Heine.
24. German Syntax. Lectures and reports upon assigned topics.
Two hours a week. Assistant Professor DIEKHOFF.
The work of this course follows in the main Wunderlich,
Der deutsche Satzbau, 2d edition. Though historical in
its character, it is made as practical as possible, supple-
menting and extending the knowledge of Syntax, which
the student is assumed to possess.
assumed to possess. Students expecting to
teach German are strongly advised to elect this course.
25. Life and Works of Luther. Lectures and assigned readings.
Two hours a week. Dr. FLORER.
The lectures treat especially of Luther's position in the lin-
guistic and literary development of Germany.
The as-
signed readings are based upon Carruth's Luther's Schrif-
ten and selections from the original Bible translations.
26. Teacher's Course. Three hours a week. Professor WINK-
LER.
A general review of the grammar from the standpoint of
the needs of the high school teachers. Lectures and dis-
cussions on methods of teaching German and the organ-
ization of courses.
28. Epochs of German Culture. Continuation of Course 27. Two
hours a week. Dr. BouCKE.
41. The Life and Works of Hans Sachs. Two hours a week.
Dr. HILDNER.
Lectures and reports.
The Keller-Goetze edition of Hans
Sachs is used as a basis for reports by members of the
class, and a thorough acquaintance with Goetze's biography
of Hans Sachs is required. The subject matter of his
works, his technique, his relation to the Reformation and
to the Volkslied, his influence upon Goethe, and other
kindred topics are discussed by the instructor in a course
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of lectures. A knowledge of Middle High German and
the older dialects is desirable, but not required.
42. Heinrich Heine. A comprehensive study of his life and
works. Lectures on the literary aims of Das Junge
Deutschland (1830-1848). Investigations and reports.
Two hours a week. Dr. BOUCKE.
PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATES.
30. Old High German. Continuation of Course 29. Two hours
a week. Assistant Professor DIEKHOFF.
Omitted in 1902-1903, to be given in 1903-1904.
32. Old Saxon. Continuation of Course 31. Two hours a week.
Assistant Professor DIEK HOFF.
34. History of the German Language. Continuation of Course
33. Two hours a week. Dr. BOUCKE.
GOTHIC.
36. Continuation of Course 35. The Epistles. Heyne's Ulfilas,
9te Aufl. Two hours a week. Assistant Professor DIEK-
HOFF.
38. Old Icelandic.
week.
SCANDINAVIAN.
Continuation of Course 37. Two hours a
Dr. BOUCKE.
A careful study of the Edda and Volsungasaga and lectures
on Old Norse Literature, Heroic-Legend and Mythology.
Omitted in 1902-1903, to be given in 1903-1904.
PROSEMINARY.
Contin-
40. Proseminary in the Storm and Stress Movement.
uation of Course 39. Two hours a week. Professor
WINKLER.
JOURNAL CLUB.
CURRENT LITERATURE ON GERMANIC PHILOLOGY AND LITERATURE.
Meetings of instructors of the German department and of
advanced students are held once a fortnight throughout the year,
at which reports are made on the important contributions to Ger-
man philology and literature.
The Teacher's Diploma.
PUBLIC LECTURES ON GERMAN LITERATURE.
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A course of public lectures on popular subjects in German
literature, intended primarily for students of the University,
but to which the general public is also invited, is given every
year by the instructors of the German Department. In 1901-
1902 a series of ten lectures on Contemporary German Litera-
ture was given. In 1902-1903 a course of lectures on the German
novelists of the 19th century has been arranged.
THE TEACHER'S DIPLOMA.
A Teacher's Diploma in French or German is granted at the
same time with the degree upon the fulfillment of certain condi-
tions.
All candidates for this diploma must have completed certain
prescribed courses in the science and art of teaching.
The candidate for the teacher's diploma in French or Ger-
man is expected further to have a good pronunciation, the ability
to understand the language readily when spoken, and some facil-
ity in speaking, a thorough mastery of the grammatical facts of
the language as at present used, and a good general view of its
history and the main phases of its growth, an acquaintance with
the great representative authors and works of its literature, and
a considerable knowledge of the history of that literature and the
people that produced it. To reach such an acquirement generally
involves the continuous study of the language throughout the
four years of the University course. It is to be understood that
the granting of the diploma does not follow as a matter of
course upon the completion of a certain amount of work or of a
certain period of time, but upon the attainment of a certain
knowledge and proficiency. The heads of the departments of
Modern Languages are glad to advise with students wishing to
acquire the teacher's diploma as to the courses they may most
profitably take, and earnestly request that all who contemplate
becoming candidates for the diploma consult them as early as
possible.
In general students seeking the diploma in French are advised
to take Courses 5, 6, 7, 8, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, and Courses 4 and II
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in the Department of English Philology and General Linguistics.
Candidates for the teacher's diploma in German are usually
advised to choose, in addition to several electives in the German
classics, Courses II, 12, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24 and 26.
The attention of advanced students in German and French
is especially called to the following important courses in the
Department of English Philology and General Linguistics, given
by Professor HEMPL:
Course 2. Principles of Linguistic Science. Two hours a week,
the second semester.
Lectures on the most important phases of the life and growth
of language, together with the study of some of the sim-
pler problems of comparative philology. This course is
designed for students of either ancient or modern lan-
guages, and is intended to associate with the underlying
principles the isolated data learned in connection with in-
dividual languages. The teacher of a language is likely to
be appealed to as an authority on linguistic matters gen-
erally, but soon finds that the laws of one language are
insufficient to explain the facts of another. It is, there-
fore, in part the aim of this course to give language teach-
ers a less one-sided conception of language and a broader
basis of judgment on linguistic questions.
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Course 11. The Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages. Two
hours a week, the second semester.
The prevailing low grade of modern-language teaching has
of late led to much discussion, and to the advocacy of
various rival methods. Most learners do not have an op-
portunity to become familiar with more than one or two of
these, and are likely to entertain a prejudice against oth-
ers. This course aims, therefore, to provide for those
who intend to be teachers of modern languages a brief sur-
vey of the most important methods now employed, and
practical instruction in the conduct of the work of the
first year.
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SUMMER SESSION.
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A number of courses, elementary and advanced, in German
and Romance languages and literatures is annually given in the
Summer School of the University, and credit is given for such
work. A special Announcement of the Summer School contain-
ing a complete list of these courses and explaining the general
regulations of the school is published annually, and may be ob-
tained by addressing Mr. James H. Wade, Secretary of the
University.
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