(ii) (a) History of the German language. (Introductory course of lectures in the first term.)
(b) Outlines of German history from 1740-1914. (Lecture course in second and third terms.)
(iii) Study of selected works, prose and verse, illustrative of German literature, history and civilization at significant periods.
With a view to the oral test students are required to study in detail ten of the prescribed poems and to concentrate, under the lecturer's guidance, on one drama or one prose work selected from the list prescribed for discussion.
The quality of the work of the candidate throughout the course will be taken into account at the Annual Examination.
Books. (a) Prescribed text-books:
f*Oxford Book of German Prose.
(Ed. H. Fiedler, O.U.P.)t*Oxford Book
of GermanVerse.
(Еd. H. Fiedler, O.U.P.)t*Martini,
F. Deutsche Literпturgeschichte von den Anfängen
bis .urGegen-
wart. (Кгёnег, Stuttgart, 1952 or any later edition.)f*Russon, L.
J.—Complete German Course for First Examinations.
(Longmans, 1948.)f*Cassell—New
German-English and English-German Dictionary.
(In 1 or 2 vols., Cassell.)orf*Wiechmann,
K.—Pocket Dictionary of the German and English Languages.
( Routledge.)
¡*Germany—A Map Folder.
(Melb. U.P., 1948.)(b) Prescribed for discussion in class or tutorial:
Goethe, J. W.
von—Urfaust.
(Ed. Samuel, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1950.) Schiller, J. C. F. von—DieRiiuber.
(Harrap, Reclam or any other edition.) Droste-Hülshoff, A.von—Erzähl
uegen. (Velhagen and Klasing, 1953.) Keller,G.—Kleider machen
Lente. (ed., Lambert, Harrap or any otheredition.)
Holz and Schlaf—Die Familie
Selicke.
(Ed. Forster, Cambridge Plain Texts, C.U.P., 1950.)Hauptmann,
G.—
HavnelosHin
nnelfahrt.
(Insel-Biicherei, Wiesbaden, No. 180, 1949.)(c) Recommended for reference (available in either the General or Depart- mental Libraries) :
Robertson, J. G. —.A
History of German Literature.
(Blackwood, 1947.) Bruford, W. H.—Germany inthe Eighteenth Century: the Social Background
of the Literary Revival.
(O.U.P., 1934.)Röhl, Н
.—Sturm and Drang.
(Deutschkundliche Biichcrei.)Pascal,
R.—The German Sturm and Drang.
(Manchester Univ. Press.) Goethe, J. W. Blackwell.)von—Iichtung q
uad Wahrheit,
Books IX-XII. (ed. Houston, Garland, H.B.—
Lessing.The Founder of Modern German Literature.
(Bowesand Bowes, Cambridge, 1949.)
McEachran,
F.—The Life and Philosophy of J. 6. Herder.
(O.U.P., 1939.) Garland, H.B.—Schiller.
(1949.)Bennett, E.
Mann.
(C.U.P., 1949.)K. A History of the German Novelle, from
Goetheto 7'homas
Barraclough,G. Factors in German History.
(Blackwell, 1946.)Steinberg, S. H.—А
Short History of
Germany. (C.U.P., 1944.)Gooch, G.
P. Frederick the Great. The Ruler, the Writer, the Man.
(Long- mans, 1947.)Der Sprach-Brockhа us.
(Pitman, or any other edition.) Duden, К.—Stilwörtcrbuch.
(Harrap.)Wasserzieher,
E.—Woher?
(F. Diimmlers Verlag, Bonn.)Kluge,
F.—Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache.
(de Groyter.) Priebsch, R., and Collinson, W.E—The German Language.
(Faber, new ed.,1948.)
Kirk,
A. Introduction to the Historical Study of
New High German. (Man- chester Univ. Press, 1948.)Victor,
W.—Deutsches Aussprachewört
еrb
пch.
(Reisland, Leipzig.) t These books will be used iп later years.65
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EXTERNAL SТuntЕs. Country students should get into touch with the Head of the Department of Germanic Languages at the beginning of the Academic Year. They are required to submit evidence of the progress of their work during the year.
The Department of Germanic Languages tvill offer advice and information of a general nature as to courses for external students.
Written work (translations and essays) sent to the Department will be corrected and returned.
ЕxAmINАТюХ. Two 3-hour papers (the first on Translation and Prescribed Texts, the second on Prescribed Authors) ; oral test of 15 minutes. Phonetics will be tested in class.
G ЕR Л ΡIAN PART II
A course of four lectures per week, with tutorial assistance, throughout the year. There will also be an evening course, except for (ii) in syllabus below, for which background material will be issued.
SYLLАВus. (i) Study of poems and selected passages illustrative of German literature, history and civilization between 1775 and 1830.
(ii) Course of lectures on history of Germuan Literature which in 1955 covers the period up to 1770.
(iii) Study of Goethe's Faust and Hofmannsthal's Der Tor iuod der Tod.
(iv) :More advanced language study.
With a view to the oral test each student is required to concentrate, under the lecturer's guidance, on one lyrical poet of the period mentioned and one prose
'vork
prescribed for discussion.ВоoKs. Students are advised to read during the preceding long vacation Faust, Part I, and two of the books prescribed for discussion.
(a) Prescribed texts and text-books :
*Goethe—Faust, Parts I and II. (Reclani or any complete edition.) Biblio- graphy available from the Department.
*Hofmannsthal, H. v.—Der Tor und der Tod. (Ed. Gilbert, Blackwell.)
*Oxford Book of German Prose. l See Part I.
*Oxford Book of German Verse. f
*Schneider—Deutsche Ki'nstprosa. (Available from the Department.)
*Martini, F. Deutsche Litcraturgeschichte. (See German Part I.)
*Russon, L. J.—Complete German Course for First Examinations. (Longmans, 1948.)
(b) Prescribed for discussion in class and tutorial:
Goctlie—iernio,i;i und Dorothea. (Reclams Universal Bid iothek, Stuttgart, No. 55, or any other edition.)
Schiller—Wallensteius Lager. (Reclams Universal Bibliothek, Stuttgart, No.
41, or any other edition.)
Novahis—Hyiiriien an die Nacht, etc. (Insel Bücherei, Wiesbaden, No. 21.) von Kleist, H. Der cerbrochne Krug. (Ed. Samuel, Macmillan.)
von Kleist, H.—Three Stories. (Manchester Univ. Press.) Heine, Н.—Selections in Verse. (Blackie.)
Heine, H. Deutschland: ein Wintermarchen. (Reclams Universal Bibliothek, Stuttgart, No. 2253.)
Stifter, A.—Selections from Adalbert Stifter (ed. Spalding, Macmillan, 1952.) (c) Recommended for reference:
(Available in either the General or Departmental Libraries.)
Eckermann, J. P.—Gesprdche mit Goethe. (Abridged edition, Leuenberger, Francke, Zürich, 1944.)
Korff, H. A.—Geist der Goetheacit, 4 vols. (1770-1830). (Leipzig, 1949.) Kluckhohn—Das Ideengut der deutschen Romantik. (Tübingen, 1953.) Thomas, R. H.—The Classical Ideal in German Literature. (C.U.P., 1936.) Trevelyan, 1.—Goethe and the Greeks. (C.U.P.)
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Butler, E.—The Saint Sinгorüаn Religion in Germany. (C.U.P., 1926.) Butler, E—The Tyranny of Greece over Germany. (C.U.P., 1936.) Blackall, E.—Adalbert Stifter. A Critical Study. (C.U.P., 1948.) Ermatinger, E.—Die deutsche Lyrik in ihrer geschichtlichen Entzoicklung.
Bennett, E. K.—A History of tire German Novelle, from Goethe to Thomas Mann. (C.U.P., 1949.)
Klein, J.—Geschichte der deutchen Novelle von Goethe bis car Gegenwart.
(Wiesbaden, 1954.)
Wiese, B. von—Dos deutsche Drama von Lessing bis Hebbel, 2 vols. (Campe_
Hamburg, 1953.)
Barraclough, G.—The Origins of Modern Gernmany. (Blackwell, 1953.) Pirenne, H.—Economic na
i
n Sттсial History of Medieval Europe. (KeganPaul, 1947.)
Kluge, F.—Etyinoloqischcs W6rterbuch. (See Part I.)
Ехпмтхппох. Two 3-hour papers (the first on Translation, Composition and Prescribed Texts, the second on Literature and Prescribed Authors) ; oral test of 15 minutes.