Describes a two-semester General Education course called "Literature and Related Arts in German Culture," taught in German at Harvard University. (PP)

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures of the University of Cincinnati now has a comprehensive career education program at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This development did not sacrifice the teaching and research programs. (SW)

Offers suggestions concerning the structure and content of "Introduction to German Literature" courses. (PP)

A successful course at the University of Delaware teaches German literature in translation. Sample paper topics and class projects are noted, and it is argued that translation courses do not weaken a language program, but often stimulate students to study the language itself. (CHK)

A workshop dealing with literature in translation took place in 1974 at the German Department of the University of Cincinnati. This is a report on its procedures and methods. The workshop dealt with discussion of texts, translation of texts, critique of existing translations and interpretation of content. (TL)

Suggests a tripartite division of instructional duties in college language departments: (1) language instruction on intermediate and advanced levels, (2) tutorial instruction, and (3) interdisciplinary courses to curtail compartmentalization and encourage cultural comparison. Linguist and literary scholar need not be at odds. (CHK)

Assesses a volume of essays evaluating German studies in the United States. Problems pointed out in the essays include isolation of Germanists; lack of flexibility in choice of syllabi; the place of "culture" in German studies; lack of basic language skills in college students, and language teacher training. (CHK)

A "German Semester" concentrates four or five simultaneous courses in German language; literature; art and music; science, philosophy and psychology; and social sciences, with faculty as well as outside lecturers from the various disciplines. (CHK)

A contrastive treatment of texts with some common thematic material but by different authors is discussed. The tales, Hoffmann's "Der Goldene Topf" and Eichendorff's "Das Marmorbild" are suited for a third- or fourth-year undergraduate literature survey course. The comparative method can be applied to all genres. (SW)

At the German Department of the University of South Carolina, courses of literature in translation and general cultural courses were open to all students of the university to offset low foreign language enrollments. The content, design and evaluation of these courses is presented. Films were extensively used as a medium of instruction. (TL)

A German lyric poetry course is described which is designed to convey to the student what it means to confront a poem. A poem is viewed as a design whose elements are based on general linguistic phenomena either directly or indirectly, and poetic language is linked with everyday verbal communication. (SW)