Courses : Graduate Courses - Current Quarter

Fall 2008

German 210: Narrative, Psychoanalysis, and the Human Subject
Susan Derwin
T 1-3:50pm, Phelps 6320 (54965)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
Cross-Listed with Comparative Literature 200.
The perennial announcement of the death of psychoanalysis is a sign that it is alive and well. Indeed, psychoanalysis remains a crucial interpretative practice for the study of narrative as it reflects formations of the human subject and as it serves as an instrument of this formation. This course explores principles first elaborated by Freud that have undergone critical readings and revisions by subsequent thinkers who have engaged seriously with Freud’s writings. The concepts we will focus on have been selected in view of their capacity to articulate the relationship between patterns and complexities of narrative and of human identity. These concepts include: projection, identification, ambivalence, the gaze, the primal scene, mourning and melancholia. Readings from Abraham and Torok, Freud, Lacan, Laplanche and Pontalis, and S.Weber.

German 500: Practicum for Teaching Assistants
Cornelia Becher
M 1:00-2:50pm, Phelps 6320 (22434)
Subject oriented, designed to relate directly to the teaching of a particular course in progress, to improve the skills and effectiveness of the department's teaching assistants. Units earned in this course, which is required of all teaching assistants, do not apply toward completion of the M.A. or Ph.D. requirement.

German 596: Directed Reading and Research
Staff (Instructor codes)
2-4 units (22442)
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor, graduate advisor, and department chair. Letter grade only.
Individualized instruction. A written proposal must be approved by department chair, to include a description of the course content and a reading list.

German 597: Individual Study for Master's Comprehensive Examinations and Ph.D. Examinations
Staff (Instructor codes)
1-12 units (22459)
Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of graduate advisor. No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree(s). Enrollment limited to 12 units per examination.
Instructor should normally be the student's major professor or chair of the doctoral committee. Enrollment must be approved by graduate advisor.

German 598: Master's Thesis Research and Preparation
Staff (Instructor codes)
1-6 units (22467)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units, but only 4 units may apply toward masters degree in German.
Instructor should be chair of student's thesis committee.

German 599: Ph.D. Dissertation Research and Preparation
Staff (Instructor codes)
2-8 units (22475)
Prerequisites: advancement to candidacy; consent of graduate advisor. S/U grading only.
Only for preparation of the doctoral dissertation. Instructor should be the chair of the student's Ph.D. committee.