A special offering of third-semester German taught during the summer in Vienna, Austria. Students take part in a four-week intensive language course at University of Vienna, as well as a precept with a Princeton faculty member that covers the literary component of 105. Students are chosen by application from 102 in the spring. Five three-hour classes, two preceptorials per week.

A special offering of fourth-semester German taught during the summer in Vienna, Austria. Students take part in a four-week intensive language course at the University of Vienna, as well as a precept with a Princeton faculty member that covers the literary component of 107. Students in 102-5 are eligible by application for this course. Five three-hour classes, two preceptorials per week.

Seminar on quintessential German epic, the Nibelungenlied (1200). We will read the modern German translation while visiting sites in and around Vienna related to historical background and geography of story. Students examine myth of German hero as epitomized in Siegfried and Hagen (later adopted in nationalist discourses) as well as vilification of heroines Brunhild and Kriemhild. Field trips address medieval notions of learning (manuscripts), space (castle, monastery), and art (objects, paintings, and sculptures in local museums). At conclusion of the course, students consider the transformation of tale in modern re-workings (Wagner, Lang).