GR307 - Survey of Literature 800-1700
Fall 2012
Meets: 0925 TR in 213 Scott Shipp Hall
Col. Sunnen's Office: 422 Scott Shipp Hall
Office Hours: Tues., Thurs. 8-9:15 and 1-3; MWF by appt.
Office Phone: 464-7360
Department Phone: 464-7241
Email: SunnenD@vmi.edu
This course will start with the beginnings of German literature c.800 A.D. and continue through the Old High and Middle High German periods. We will end with the Baroque movement, which represented a new beginning for German culture and literature after the destruction of the Thirty Years’ War. The literary works are available online, but you will need to print them up!!
Works:
Das Hildebrandslied
Das Nibelungenlied (Middle High German with modern translation and commentary)
The Nibelungenlied (George Henry Needler’s 1904 English translation) – Preface with links to other sections
Hartmann von Aue, Iwein
Walther von der Vogelweide, poems (Gutenberg) and works with commentary
Walther von der Vogelweide, selections from Sewanee
Martin Luther, Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen
Von der Freyheit eines Christenmenschen
Luther’s Life and Achievements: www.luther.de (English, German)
Martin Opitz, Buch von der deutschen Poeterey
Andreas Gryphius, poems
Links:
Videos: