GERM 1020
German Fiction in Novel and Film
Dalhousie University
Fall and Winter 2013-2014
SYLLABUS
Instructor: A. Cornelia Lorenz
Office Hours: Mondays 9:30 – 10:30 am,
Room 3053, German Department,
Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building, 3rd floor
Teaching Assistant:
Katelyn Boulding, Fall term; Office hours: Fridays 9:30-10:30am, Room 3199
Sharon Woodwill, Fall & Winter term; Office hours: Wednesdays 11:00am- 12:00pm, Room 3199
This course satisfies the University’s guidelines for the Writing Requirement.
We will read classic German novels and compare them with their film adaptations. Class time will include lectures, tutorials, and film viewing. The course instructor will offer assistance in tutorial groups as well as during office hours.
Reading well is important in order to learn how to write well. The texts should be read before their respective class lecture.
Three essays and one final test will be written each term. Each essay and test is worth 10% of your final mark. Attendance and participation is worth 10% each term. Essays submitted late will be penalized 10% a day.
Texts:
Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The Pledge
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. “Snowwhite”
Max Frisch. Homo Faber: A Report
Heinrich Mann. The Blue Angel
Franz Kafka. The Trial
Jurek Becker. Jakob the Liar
Schedule: FALL TERM
September 11Introduction/Essay Writing
September 18The Pledge
September 25Film: The Pledge
October 2The Pledge and Tutorials
October 9“Snowwhite”
October 16Film: “Snowwhite”
October 23“Snowwhite”and Tutorials
October 30Homo Faber: A Report
November 6Homo Faber: A Report
November 13Film: Homo Faber: A Report
November 20Homo Faber: A Report and Tutorials
November 27TEST
December No classes. Keep reading!
Essay Due Dates (Fridays at 4:00):
October 11Essay #1 The Pledge
November 1Essay #2 “Snowwhite”
November 29Essay #3 Homo Faber: A Report
Schedule: WINTER TERM
January 8The Blue Angel
January 15Film: The Blue Angel
January 22The Blue Angel and Tutorials
January 29The Trial
February 5The Trial
February 12Film: The Trial
February 19Study Break
February 26The Trial and Tutorials
March 5Jakob the Liar
March 12Film 1: Jakob the Liar
March 19Film 2: Jakob the Liar
March 26Jakob the Liar and Tutorials
April 2TEST
Essay Due Dates (Fridays at 4:00):
January 31Essay #4 The Blue Angel
March 7Essay #5 The Trial
April 4Essay #6 Jakob the Liar
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism:
This course is designed to foster individual, original writing skills. Maintaining academic integrity is vital. All students in this class are to read and understand the policies on academic integrity and plagiarism referenced in the Policies and Student Resources sections of the academicintegrity.dal.ca website. Ignorance of such policies is no excuse for violations.
Any paper submitted by a student at Dalhousie University may be checked for originality to confirm that the student has not plagiarized from other sources. Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offence that may lead to loss of credit, suspension or expulsion from university, or even to the revocation of a degree.
It is essential that there be correct attribution of authorities from which facts and opinions have been derived. At Dalhousie there are university regulations which deal with plagiarism. Prior to submitting any paper in a course, students should ready the Policy on Intellectual Honesty contained in the Calendar or on the Dalhousie website. The Senate has affirmed the right of any instructor to require that student papers be submitted in both written and computer-readable format and to submit any paper to be checked electronically for originality.
As a student in this class, you are to keep an electronic copy of any paper you submit, and the course instructor may require you to submit that electronic copy on demand.
Every paper you submit must include the following handwritten pledge, with signature and date:
“This paper represents my own work and has been completed in accordance with Dalhousie University’s Policy of Intellectual Honesty.”