Topic 1: German Short Prose. The linguistic, stylistic, and thematic varieties of short prose (anecdotes, meditations, fables, parables, reports, impressions, and sketches) seen through translation, critical discussion, and literary-historical contextualization.

Topic 3: Biography and Autobiography. German 373 (Topic: Biography and Autobiography) and 373 (Topic 3) may not both be counted.

Topic 4: German Science Fiction. German 373 (Topic: German Science Fiction) and 373 (Topic 4) may not both be counted.

Topic 5: German Travel Literature. German 373 (Topic: German Travel Literature) and 373 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Writing: A Media History. Focus on how the act and process of writing literature involves the writer's thoughts and writing skills and techniques, as well as the media, tools, and technologies through which they write. Read the draft traces of how an author brought a work into being to reconstruct the writing and thought process, reveal the evolution of poetic concepts, and evaluate the role of writing strategies and techniques. Explore the literary manuscript and writing process through the history of writing technologies, media and their ecosystems, as product of the evolution of literary writing as a Kulturtechnik (culture technique / technology). German 373 (Topic: Writing Media History) and 373 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.

Topic 7: Plagiarism and Forgery in German Literature 18th to 21st Century. Look at the history of the discourse around originality, plagiarism, copyright, and remix culture in German literature from the 18th to the 21st century. German 373 (Topic: Remix Plagiarism German Lit) and 373 (Topic 7) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.