Male Fantasies, Female Readers

Women in German Literature and Culture
Source: Monatshefte, Vol. 70, No. 3 (Fall, 1978), pp. 291-308

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WOMEN IN GERMAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
A Special Survey
This year's survey by Monatshefte investigates the extent to which Dep

ments of German have introduced courses dealing with German women
either as writers or as a literary topic, the participation of German Dep
ments in Women's Studies Programs, and the available personnel.
Like courses and programs dealing with the GDR and film courses, w
we surveyed last year, courses centered on German women writers or
exploring the image of women in German literature are relatively new. As
in the case of all such developments, there is initially a diversity of opinion
and of approaches both theoretically and practically. It is no different
with women-related courses and programs. A fair number of departments
seem to have embraced the concept and devised means to implement it
either by themselves or in cooperation with others, in particular the bur-
geoning Women's Studies Programs. Others would like to do something in
this area, but for one reason or another do not find themselves in a posi-
tion to do so. Many departments do not have any special offerings in this
area, and a few even indicated philosophic objections to Women's Studies
as academically unjustified.
In doing this and other surveys, Monatshefte neither advocates nor op-
poses new developments in German Studies. Our aim is to determine the
current status and to provide factual information to the German-teaching
profession. We hope that this information will help the profession to arrive
at a consensus concerning these developments both in terms of their aca-
demic justification and in terms of disciplinary organization. It would be
unfortunate indeed if we were unaware of new trends and if lack of con-
sensus about them resulted in a fragmentation of our discipline and its
academic aims.
The arrangement of the results follows in general that of our previous

veys. Individual entries are given departments which have or are plann
courses or programs, which cooperate with existing Women's Studies P
grams on campus, and/or have personnel with expertise in this a
Included are also departments which cite external reasons for not hav
moved in this direction.
Within the individual entry the arrangement is as follows:
-first the existing or planned courses are listed with brief descriptions
following: (a) language in which the course is taught; (b) language in
which the texts are read (in German or in translation): (c) level of the
course; additional information, if supplied, gives detailed course con-
tent, mentions crosslisting, enrolment, student reaction, and names
the instructor;
-a narrative paragraph describes the status of Women's Studies in the
department and on campus, the links between the department and
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the
general program
future
plans, if any;
-faculty members of
alphabetically and th
German departments
the U.S. At the concl
departments in these
-No women's courses
gram.
-No courses or progra
-No response.
It should be assumed in the case of the first list that there is a Women's
Studies Program on campus but with no links to German. In the case o
the second list, no Women's Studies Program on campus was indicated.
The third list contains both departments which sent back blank question
naires and departments which did not respond at all.
Monatshefte cannot assume responsibility for information submitted b
the departments. Factual errors will be corrected under the heading
"Women in German Literature and Culture: Addenda" in this and subse-
quent issues.
University of Alabama
No courses on German women; only informal links with the Women's Studies Pro
Robert Bell: Vicki Baum, Anna Seghers
Antioch College
No courses on German women. A team-taught course on German, French, Spanish
Japanese women writers in discussion stage.
Arizona State University

1. Women in German Literature: (a) German; (b) German; (c) grad.
Other courses also deal to some extent with women. No Women's Studies Progra
campus.
Ingeborg Carlson.
Barnard College, Columbia University

No recent women's courses. The large number of such courses outside the department
makes it difficult to justify a course specifically devoted to German women. The ties with
the College's Women's Center are personal, but not formal.
Berea College
No courses or programs due to limited staff and enrolments.
Bowdoin College
1. History of German Literature: Focus on Women: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) under-
grad. Instructor: Helen Cafferty. Offered once so far. Enrolment: 15. Reaction-favor-
able. May be repeated every third year.
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2. Women in His
(a) English; (b) T
(German Departm
No Women's Stud
area is lagging stu
the future, the D
Women Writers.
Helen Cafferty: Contemporary Women Writers, Images of Women in Literary-historical

Perspective.
Bowling Green State University

1. Women in German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) undergrad. Male and female
attitudes toward sexuality and femininity in German writings of the 19th and 20th
centuries. Particular focus on the social and sexual mores of Vienna around 1900 against
the background of Freudian psychoanalysis and the feminist movement. Average enrol-
ment: 6; student reaction-enthusiastic. Not crosslisted.
Other courses dealing to some extent with German women are offered through the Women's
Studies Program, with which the German Department maintains only informal links. So far
the main problem with women's courses has been lack of student interest, i.e. low enrol-
ments. The Department does plan to continue offerings in this area on an occasional basis.
Liuda Alssen: Women writers, especially late 19th and early 20th century.
Donald Nelson: Women in German literature.
Margy Gerber: Women writers in the GDR.
Brown University
1. Images of Women in Painting and German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation;
(c) undergrad. Offered in Spring 1978, the courses included feminist theory and a histori-
cal survey of the depiction of women in both art and literature from the Middle Ages to
the present. The format combined lecture, discussion, and oral reports. Readings included
both primary and secondary literature. Enrolment: 4. Reaction-very favorable. Instruc-
tor: Lorelei Beer.
No formal links between the Department and the Sarah Doyle Women's Center. The Univer
sity offers its Nancy Duke Lewis Chair to a person primarily interested in Women's Studies
The Department is considering a course on contemporary women writers in the FRG and
the GDR.
Lorelei Beer.
Albert R. Schmitt.
Duncan Smith.
Bryn Mawr College

1. Women in German Literary Life: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) soph, jun, sen. Now in
the planning stage; one-time offering.
No Women's Studies Program on campus.
Gloria Flaherty: 17th and 18th centuries.
University of California-Berkeley
1. Contemporary German Women Writers, East and West: (a) English; (b) translation;
(c) undergrad. The course traced and compared the development of women's literature in
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East and West Germany.

Writers discussed include
Elsner, Stephan, Wolf, an
Fehervary.
2. Women in Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) undergrad. The course discussed the
role of women in German idealism and tested different models for interpreting idealized
women heroes. Authors read ranged from Goethe to Bettina Brentano, from Schiller to
E.T.A. Hoffmann. Enrolment: 12. Reaction-excellent. Instructor: Julie Prandi.
In the past few years, the Department has offered several courses which have dealt exclu-
sively with women writers, e.g. a graduate seminar on women mystics, an upper division
course on women writers after 1945. Other courses have included women writers in the
reading list or concentrated on the role of women in literature, e.g. lower division course on
women in German literature, a graduate seminar on the ideology of the family in the domes-
tic drama. There is a Women's Studies Program on campus. One recent problem-Women in
Literature overlapped somewhat a similar course in Comparative Literature, with the result
that enrolment was lower than anticipated. With regard to future plans, special interest in
the area of Women's Studies will be one factor in the recruitment of new faculty.
Marianne Bonwit: Realism.
Bluma Goldstein: 20th century.
Hinrich C. Seeba: 18th, 19th century drama.
Frederic C. Tubach: Middle Ages, mysticism.
University of California-Irvine
No courses on German women at present. Some department courses are crosslisted in th
Women's Studies Program, however (e.g. an Introduction to Norwegian Literature, a Goet
course, and a comparative literature course on the modern period). There are strong links
the Women's Studies Program; Professor Ruth Crowley is a faculty advisor for Women'
Studies and a member of the steering committee. One problem in offering courses in th
area has been obtaining department release time for faculty to teach in the Women's Stud
Program. The department is planning a course in Women's Studies/German Literature f
1979/1980; whether undergraduate or graduate has yet to be decided.
Ruth Angress: Treatment of women in literature.
Ruth Crowley: Comparative Literature; women writers of the 19th and 20th centuri
Meredith Lee: Images of women; women writers; 18th century women and religious e
perience.
University of California-Los Angeles

1. Images of Women in German Literature from Lessing to Bertolt Brecht: The course was
part of the Freshman Seminar Program of the University. Average enrolment: 12. Student
reaction-very positive.
2. Frauenbild und Frauenliteratur von Sophie von La Roche bis Christa Wolf, Irmtraud
Morgner, Verena Stefan und Karin Struck: (a) German; (b) German. The course is a
seminar in Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang. It includes feminist theory, history of
the women's movement in Germany, the image of women in works by major German
authors, and works by women authors. Average enrolment: 12. Student reaction-very
positive.
Other seminars and courses which deal with women are occasionally offered on an ad hoc
basis under the rubric "Special Problems in Literature." The Department has no links with
the Women's Studies Program.
Ehrhard Bahr: German literature, 18th-20th centuries.
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University of Ca
1. Genius and Mad
lish; (c) jun, sen. C
Center. Study of
logical problems
Includes several wo
The Department m
instructors of wom
offers an individu
Ursula Mahlendorf
California State
1. Images of Wom
(c) sen. and grad.
The University is
member of the com
a course on Image
Culture. It will be t
Marjorie Tussing: Im
American textbooks.
Carleton University
No courses on German women, per se, but significant women writers (Droste, Laske
Schiiler, Sachs, Bachmann, Wohmann, Kaschnitz, Christa Wolf, etc.) are included in liter
ture courses. No formal program, but an Interfaculty Committee on Women's Studies has
special entry in the undergraduate catalogue, which lists Women's Studies courses offered by
various departments.
Jutta Goheen: The image of woman in secular medieval German poetry.
University of Cincinnati
While there are no courses which focus exclusively on German women, the departme
makes a particular effort to discuss the "Role of Women in German-speaking Countries"
all area studies on the undergraduate level. The department does offer a graduate seminar on
Death and the Hero/Heroine in 18th Century German Drama. Special courses in the area o
Women's Studies have been offered about every second year with adequate enrolmen
Erhard Friedrichsmeyer: Contemporary Germany; DDR literature.
Helga Slessarev: Romanticism.
Marilyn Torbruegge: 18th century.
Connecticut College
No courses or programs due to inadequate staff.
University of Connecticut
No courses on German women. The Department has occasionally cosponsored program
with Women's Studies. A course on Women in German Literature was offered two years ago,
but dropped for lack of interest; it will be reintroduced in the near future.
George Reinhardt: 19th-century literature.

Barbara Wright: 17th and 20th-century literature.
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Colorado College
No recent courses; no prog
ago, but was later dropped
University of Dayton
No courses or programs; i
body.
Duquesne University
1. Women Figures in German Literature from Goethe to Boll: (a) German; (b) German;
(c) jun. To be offered in 1978/1979.
2. German Women Authors and Critics: (a) German; (b) German; (c) jun. To be offered in
1978/1979.
Walter Burrows.
Ann Maier
University of Florida
1. Women in German Literature: (a) German; (b) German; (c) sen. Average enrolment: 12.
Reaction-positive. Not cross-listed.
2. The Contribution of Women in German Literary History: (a) German; (b) German;
(c) grad. Average enrolment: 6. Reaction-positive. Not cross-listed.
Other courses are also offered which focus on German women to a significant extent. The
instructor of the above courses cooperates closely with the Women's Studies Program.
Florida State University

1. The Image of Women in German Literature: (a) German; (b) German; (c) jun. To be
offered for the first time in Spring 1979.
The University has a Women's Studies Program; students working toward the B.A. can
minor in Women's Studies. The Department hopes to be able to offer one course in this area
every other year.
Helga W. Kraft: Women's studies in German; early 19th century literature; instructional
methodology.
George Washington University

A Summer course on Women in German Literature was offered in 1976 and 1977 but was
dropped due to insufficient enrolment. There are no links with the Women's Studies Pro-
gram.
Margaret Guenther.
Georgia Southern College

No courses or programs specifically devoted to women. German Culture and Life deals with
women to some extent.
Grinnell College
No courses on German women, and no Women's Studies Program. History of Women
undergraduate survey of European and American women's history in the 19th and
centuries, is taught in the History Department and deals briefly with German wo
Another course on women was interdepartmentally staffed and team-taught by 9 fa
members as an overload course. Enrolment: 66. The course was given only once due t
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of funding and he
Jenny Michaels:
writers.
Hofstra Univers
No courses on wo
College of the H
No courses on G
occasionally teac
focus of this cour
Claudia Koonz: German Women.
Howard University
1. Women in German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) soph, jun, sen. Not cro
listed.
Other courses are offered which deal with German women to a significant extent. There is
Women's Studies Program. There have been no problems with courses in this area. Stud
response has been favorable.
Carol Hall: 19th century comparative literature.
University of Illinois, Chicago Circle

No courses on German women; few links with the Women's Studies Program.
Hazel C. Vardaman.
University of Illinois-Urbana
1. Special Topics in German Literature (Child or Sorceress: Images of Women in 19th
century German Literature): (a) German; (b) German; (c) undergrad/grad. This course
was a one-time offering with an enrolment of 6.
There are links between the German Department and Women's Studies; Professor Marianne
Burkhard chairs the School of Humanities' Committee on Women's Studies.
Marianne Burkhard: 19th century German literature.
Illinois State University

No courses or programs. The Department does hope to offer a course in this area in the
future.
Indiana University
1. Introduction to German Literature: Themes-Fathers and Daughters: (a) German;
(b) German; (c) undergrad. One-time offering, taught in Spring 1976 under a "special
topics" rubric.
In addition, the undergraduate course in German culture devotes about 10% of its time to
women. There are no links with the Women's Studies Program.
Indiana University-Purdue University

1. Image of Women in German Literature: (a) English; (c) undergrad. A one-time offering in
1975.
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Informal contacts do exi

German faculty occasional
University of Iowa
1. Female Protagonists in
grad. Average enrolment:
The Department gives full

Judith Aikin.
Kalamazoo College
No courses on German women, but the Department does support the efforts of the
Women's Studies Program and participates in its events.
University of Kentucky
No courses on German women. The university offers a B.A. in Women's Studies.
La Salle College
No courses on German women. Some courses on women are taught outside the department,
but there is no Women's Studies Program as such. Topics dealing with women are often
assigned in the Seminar for Seniors.
Loyola College
No courses specifically devoted to women, though other courses deal with women to a
significant extent. There is no Women's Studies Program.
Loyola University of Chicago

There are no courses which focus exclusively on German women. Some literature-in-
translation courses do deal with women in a significant way, e.g. Individual and Society
discusses the role of women in society. The University has recently announced a grant which
will support the establishment of a Women's Studies Program. The Department's future
plans in this area will be affected in part by the needs of the new Women's Studies Program.
University of Maine
The University does offer courses on women, but without national bias.
Renate Delphendahl: Modern German letters.
University of Manitoba
1. Frau und Literatur im deutschen Barock: (a) German and English; (b) German; (c) grad.
Not crosslisted. Offered in Spring 1978 but dropped due to zero enrolment. The course
intended to cover the image of women in Baroque literature of all levels as well as the
important women writers, Sybille Schwarz, Catharine Regina von Greiffenberg.
The Women's Studies Program offers a series of courses; students for the B.A. can minor in
this area.
Peter M. Daly: Baroque literature.
University of Maryland-College Park

1. Women in German Literature: (a) English; (b) German/translation; (c) undergrad. Cross-
listed in Women's Studies and had an enrolment of 20. It will be repeated.
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2. Jewish Wome
listed in Women
Other departmen
German Literatur
1945. To date the
have been good. T
Studies Program (o
joint exhibitions
offerings by offe
Elke Frederiksen.:
Dorothy Bilik: Jew
University of M
1. German Wom
representative wo
assessment of th
feminism. Will
Studies Program.
2. Contemporary
(c) sen. The cours
Program.
The Department plans to offer other courses on German women writers in the future.
Susan Cocalis: 18th century; Romanticism; modern drama.

Sara Lennox. 20th century; women's literature; feminist criticism.
Sigrid Bauschinger: 20th century; women writers.
University of Massachusetts-Harbor Campus

1. Women and Men in German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) soph and jun.
Crosslisted in and counts toward the certificate in Women's Studies. Enrolment varies
between 15 and 35. Student reaction-generally enthusiastic. The course has gener
several independent studies projects. Using a wide variety of primary and second
literature, the course investigates such topics as "Sex Roles and Stereotypes in Life
Literature," "Female Sexuality and 'Das ewig Weibliche'," "Middle Class Morality
the Patriarchal Family" and "Changing Roles and Consciousness." Instructor-Ritt
Horsley.
2. German Women Writers of the 20th Century: (a) German; (b) German; (c) sen. Offered
once as a Senior Seminar. Crosslisted in Women's Studies. Enrolment: 7. Student
reaction-positive. Authors covered included Baum, Seghers, Bachmann, Wohmann, W
Mechtel, Reuter, Kaschnitz, Novak, von Hutten, Runge, etc. Taught in Fall 19
Instructor-Ritta Jo Horsley.
In some other courses, an attempt is made to integrate women-related issues int

syllabus. One German faculty member is a regular participant in the Women's Studie
gram. Problems in offering women's courses have not been insurmountable. One ling
problem is the feeling among some faculty that such courses are peripheral and/or not t
legitimate. Plans for the future are indefinite but may include a course on German W
Authors in Translation and one on European Feminism.
Lynn Dhority: Psychology and literature (Jungian approaches).

Ritta Jo Horsley.: 18th Century; Weimar literature; 20th century women writers.
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Miami University
1. Women and Love: (a) En
An introduction to issues
the image of women and t
2. The Woman as Central
be taught in the near fut
18th century to the pres
Wohmann.
The Department has ties with the Women's Studies Program; Kay Goodman is a member of
the Women's Studies Advisory Committee. Women's Studies offers a certificate of concen-
tration. In September 1978, the University will host the 3rd Annual Women in German
Workshop/Retreat.
Gisela Bahr: 20th-century German literature.

Kay Goodman: 19th-century German literature.
Ruth Sanders: 18th-century German literature.
Audrone B. Willeke: Turn-of-the-century German literature.
Michigan State University

1. Equality of Women in Post-War Germany: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) undergrad. The
course focuses on the search for equality for women as reflected in the writings of post-
war authors. Instructor: T.H. Falk.
The University has a Women's Studies Program, which coordinates and publicizes courses i
this area. One problem with women's courses has been that they are generally under
enroled.
T.H. Falk: Contemporary literature.
University of Minnesota
1. Saints and Victims: Women in German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) jun,
sen., A seminar offered under the auspices of CLA Honors College and crosslisted in CLA
departments. Will be taught for the first time in Fall 1978. Readings will include selec-
tions from Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Gutzkow, Kleist, Schnitzler, Boll, Wolf, Kroetz, etc.
Course will use a seminar format, with assigned papers for presentation and discussion.
2. Women in Germanic Society and Literature: (a) English; (b) mostly in translation; (c) jun,
sen and grad. Will be taught for the first time in Spring 1979. Crosslisted in CLA depart-
ments. Readings will include Beowulf, the poetic Edda, Icelandic and other texts.
The University has a number of courses which are to some extent focused on women; the
Department is now developing its own. Connections between the Department and the
Women's Studies Program are increasing. Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres will serve on the Board
of Directors of the Women's Studies Program.
Anatoly Liberman: Women in Germanic society.

Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres: Women in German literature; women writers in 19th century
Germany.
University of Missouri
1. Images of Women in German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) undergrad.
Crosslisted in Comparative Literature and Women's Studies. To be offered for the first
time in Fall 1978.
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Contacts with the

publicizes departme
the sagging interes
in "women-in-liter
ments to crosslist G
Ruth Firestone: Me
Inge Henderson: M
Naomi Ritter: 19th
Muhlenberg Coll
No courses or progr
New Mexico Stat

No courses or prog
be a regular offeri
the future.
State University of New York-Albany

No courses or programs.
Erna Moore.: 18th-19th centuries.
State University of New York-Buffalo

No courses on women; no demand. No links with the Women's Studies Program.
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

No courses or programs.
Marilyn Scott-Jones: 20th century, especially Ida Dehmel.
University of Northern Iowa

No courses on women. No links with the Women's Studies Program.
Fritz H. Konig: Women's voice in poetry.
Northwestern University
No courses on German women. Individual women's courses are offered outside the depart-
ment, but not in the framework of a Women's Studies Program.
Oberlin College
The theme of "Women in Literature and Culture" is dealt with in various departmental
courses. There is, however, no course which is exclusively women-oriented. No formal links
with the Women's Studies Department.
Ohio University
1. Frauen in der DDR: (a) German; (b) German; (c) sen and grad. The course was taught
because of student request. Response was very positive.
2. Frauen im zeitgenossischen deutschen Roman in Ost und West: (b) German; (c) grad.
Requested by students. Response was very positive.
There is no Women's Studies Program on campus. Greatest problem encountered so far is

the difficulty in obtaining enough books and journals for lack of library funds. Plans for the
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future include courses on G

society (West and East).
Ursula D. Lawson: The cont
Ohio State University

1. The Role of Women as
(c) advanced undergrad an
No official links with the

Women's Studies into a ma
contribute courses to such a
Helen Fehervary: 20th cent

Dagmar Lorenz: 19th-20th
Heimtraut Taylor: 19th cen
Gisela Vitt: Romanticism; c
University of Oklahom
No courses on German wo
There is no Women's Stu
offerings in this area.
University of Oregon
1. Postwar Wome German
grad. To be offered in Fa
toward fulfillment of th
gisser, Seghers, Wolf, M
Wohmann, Elsner, Mechtel
Instructor-Karen Achberg
In addition, a course on Po
legal status of women in t
council of the Women's St
area has been the unavail
Department plans to intro
18th-Century German Liter
Karen R. Achberger: 20th-

Jean Woods: German wom
Oregon State University

1. Goethe and Women: (a)
Other courses also focus o

films, etc. for the Wome
women's courses; enrolm
upper-division course per y
Christine S/ogren: Klassik;

Christian P. Stehr: 20th cen
University of Pittsburgh
No courses on German wo
German Department) inve
Studies Program occasionall
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Pomona College
No courses on Ger
German Departme
student in this area.
Purdue Universit
1. Women Persona
ment: 30. Instructor-Christiane E. Keck.
2. Women in German Literature: East and West: (a) German; (b) German; (c) jun, sen, and
grad. Enrolment: 15. Instructor-Christiane E. Keck.
No Women's Studies Program on campus. The Department's plans for the future may
include a seminar focusing on one woman writer.
Christiane E. Keck.: 19th and 20th century; Renaissance women.
University of Rochester
No courses on German women. No ties with the Women's Studies Program. The Department
has recently added a female staff member and hopes to introduce a course in this area next
year.
Ruth V. Gross. 20th century.
Rutgers University
No courses which focus exclusively on German women, though many courses (from
Baroque through Contemporary) deal with women to some extent. The Department does
have contacts with the Women's Studies Program; Professor Joanna Ratych will participate
in a European Literature course on women authors in the 19th Century.
John Fitzell: Goethezeit, lyric poetry, folklore.

Kenneth Negus: Baroque, Romanticism, novelle.
Joanna Ratych: Contemporary literature, socio-linguistics.
San Francisco State University

No courses exclusively focused on German women. Women are treated equally in all depart-
mental courses. No links with the Women's Studies Program.
Smith College
No courses or programs at present. The Department is contemplating a course on Women in
German Literature.
Judith L. Ryan.
Gertraud Gutzmann.
Southern Methodist University

1. Women in Modern Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) jun. Offered every semester
under the auspices of University College (Liberal Studies). Average enrolment: 35; it is
highly popular.
In addition, other courses focus on women to some extent. There is a Women's Studies
Program.
Margareta Deschner: Modern German literature; drama; Scandinavian literature.
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Stanford University
1. German Women Write
(b) translation; (c) fresh. I
1978/1979. Will be crosslis
University of Texas-Arl
1. Women Writers in Ge
Topics" course.
There is no Women's Studie
University of Texas-Au
No courses or programs. Su
ficient enrolment.
Baerbel Becker-Cantarino: 16th-18th centuries.

Janet K. Swaffar: 19th-20th centuries.
Betty N. Weber: 19th-20th centuries.
Hubert Heinen: Medieval.
University of Texas-San Antonio

No courses or programs. Plans to introduce such a course were dropped due to insufficient
staff and the low number of German majors.
Marc Silberman: Women's literature in the GDR and the FRG.
Texas A&M University

No courses on German women; insufficient enrolment. Isolated courses on women are
offered outside the department. There is no Women's Studies Program.
Richard Critchfield: Women writers and character in the Enlightenment.

WulfKoepke: Women writers of the period of Goethe; Christa Wolf.
Tufts University
1. The Fiction of Marriage: (a) German and English; (b) German and translation; (c) under-
grad. Crosslisted under European Literature.
Another course, Post-War German Culture (taught in English, for undergraduates), also
focuses to some extent on women. There are plans to add one or two women's courses in
the future. No Women's Studies Program.
Christianne Zehl Romero: DDR; women's literature; Austrian literature.
University of Victoria
No courses on German women; insufficient interest. No links with the Women's Studies
Program.
University of Virginia
No courses on German women. A Women's Studies Program is in process of being estab-
lished. As yet there are no links with the German Department.
Wake Forest University

No courses on German women. A few isolated courses on women have been offered in other
departments. There is no Women's Studies Program.
Personalia 305
Timothy F. Sellne
German Women's
Washington Univ
1. Words and Wo
Women's Studies
historical approac
of works available
2. Women as Writ
German Area Stu
positive.
Until recently, the History Department had two part-time staff members whose field of
specialization was 19th and 20th century women's history in Germany. In the German
Department some instructors make a point of examining women writers in all literature
courses. The University's Women's Studies Program offers a B.A. degree. The Department
maintains ties with Women's Studies; Patricia Herminghouse helped to establish the program
and remains a member of the steering committee. The program is interdepartmentally
staffed with salaries based in home departments, not cost-shared. The greatest problem
encountered in offering such courses is limited funding. Otherwise the University and the
Department have been very supportive of women-oriented offerings.
Patricia Herminghouse: 19th-20th century German literature.
University of Washington
1. The Image of Woman in German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) undergrad.
Average enrolment: 15.
The University has a Women's Studies Program, to which the Department contributes an
occasional course. There has been little interest in women's courses, but otherwise no
problems.
Diane Behler: Romanticism; the novel.
Washington State University

No courses on German women, at present, though the department hopes to introduce a
course in this area in the future (given sufficient funding). As yet there are no links with the
newly-established Women's Studies Program.
Elizabeth G. Lord: Poetry and modern literature.

Gertrud S. Mazur.: 19th century and modern, contemporary literature.
Wayne State University

No courses on German women per se. No formal links with the Women's Resource Center,
which serves to collect, record, and publish a quarterly listing of women-related courses
university-wide. To date, women in German literature and culture have been introduced
largely in the context of broader courses.
Ursula Haas: 20th century DDR women writers.
Wellesley College
No courses on German women; insufficient staff. No links to the Women's Studies program.
306 Monatshefte
Wesleyan University
1. Women and German L
1972/73. Enrolment: 10.
No Women's Studies Progr

The Department has not b
courses in this area except
Vera Grant.
Krishna Winston.
Western Illinois Univers

1. Women and German L
within the next two ye
Fontane, Goethe, Hauptm
Expected enrolment: 10.
All courses offered cover

with courses in this area.
Morris Vos: 18th century
Williams College
No courses exclusively fo
Period was offered once a
on Women in Literature i
ture, but will not be heavi
Mary Roche-Gerstein: Me
Wilson College
1. Twentieth Century Lit
man; (c) sen. Enrolment:
In addition, other course

Studies Program, in which
planning to expand its off
JosefM. Kellinger: 20th ce
University of Wisconsi
1. German Women Write
grad and grad. A "specia
extremely enthusiastic.
Runge, Kirsch, Schwarze
2.Images of Women: (a) G
ment: 10. Student reacti
Kleist, Fr. Schlegel, Dros
Charlotte Brancaforte.
3. Images of Women in Modern German Literature: (a) English; (b) translation; (c) under-
grad. A "special topics" course, given once. Enrolment: 60. Student reaction-very
enthusiastic.
The Department also has a course entitled German Women Writers in Translation which has
not yet been offered. A graduate seminar on Christa Wolf will be given by a visiting pro-
Personalia 307
fessor in the fall

normally include
tosome extent. On
Program and sever
problem to date in
who specializes in
be spent on wom
undergrad/grad co
Evelyn Beck: 20th

James Steakley: Se
University of W
1. Issues in Society
grad. Crosslisted
Hroswitha von Ga
Schnitzler, Musil,
Contemporary Ge
theoretical
works.
2. Contemporary
(c) undergrad and
ment. Syllabus in
Rinser, Wolf, Bru
The Women's Stud

Women's Studies al
The greatest proble
Renny Harrigan: C
realism.
College of Woost
1. Women Writer
A seminar on 20t
Crosslisted in Women's Studies.
The Women's Studies Program holds weekly luncheon meetings to discuss feminist issues.
Faculty from many departments attend and participate.
Nancy Lukens.: 19th and 20th century literature.
NO WOMEN'S COURSES AND NO PARTICIPATION IN A WOMEN'S

STUDIES PROGRAM
Univ. of Arizona; Boston Univ.; Brooklyn College, CUNY; Univ. of California

Davis; California State Univ.-Long Beach; Colgate Univ.; Cornell College; Univ.
of Hawaii; Univ. of Kansas; Kansas State Univ.; Kent State Univ.; Univ. of
Miami; Univ. of Michigan; Middlebury College; Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis;
Univ. of Nevada; Univ. of New Mexico; Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; Princeton Univ.;
St. Olaf Coll.; Temple Univ.; West Virginia Univ.; Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point; Concordia Univ.
308 Monatshefte
NO WOMEN'S COURSES OR PROGRAMS
Allegheny College; Boston College; Brigham Young Univ.; Bucknell Univ.; Univ
of Calgary; Carnegie-Mellon Univ.; Univ. of Chicago; Colby College; Univ.
Colorado-Boulder; Columbia Univ.; DePauw Univ.; Duke Univ.; Eastern Illinois
Univ.; Eastern Montana Coll.; Emory Univ.; Franklin & Marshall Coll.; Furman
Univ.; Univ. of Georgia; Gettysburg College; Harvard Univ.; Haverford College
Hiram College; Lafayette College; McMaster Univ.; Memorial Univ.; Montclair
State College; Univ. of New Brunswick; Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte; Univ
of Pennsylvania; Portland State Univ.; Queen's Univ.; Southern Illinois Uni
Univ. of South Florida; Southeastern Mass. Univ.; Southwest Texas State Univ.
Univ. of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Univ. of Toronto-Main Campus; Univ. of
Toronto-Scarborough College; Tulane Univ.; United States Naval Academy;
Vanderbilt Univ.; Univ. of Vermont; Villanova Univ.; Wagner College; Washburn
Univ. of Topeka; Univ. of Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier Univ.; Univ. of Windsor;
Univ. of Winnipeg; Univ. of Wyoming, Yeshiva Univ.; York Univ.; Ursinus Coll.;
Univ. of British Columbia; Fordham Univ.
NO REPORT
Abilene Christian Univ.; Adelphi Univ.; Univ. of Alberta; American Univ.;

Amherst College; Baylor Univ.; Brandeis Univ.; Brock Univ.; Univ. of California-
Riverside; Univ. of California-San Diego; Univ. of California-Santa Cruz;
Case Western Univ.; Clark Univ.; Cornell Univ.; Dartmouth College; Dalhousie
Univ.; Univ. of Denver; Dickinson College; Earlham College; Eastern Washington
Univ.; Fairfield Univ.; Georgetown Univ.; Georgia State Univ.; Hamilton College;
Hamline Univ.; Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY; Univ. of Houston; Hunter
College, CUNY; Illinois State Univ.; Johns Hopkins Univ.; Laurentian Univ.;
Lawrence Univ.; Louisiana State Univ.; McGill Univ.; Marquette Univ.; Univ. of
Maryland-Baltimore; Univ. of Montana; Univ. of Nebraska; New York Univ.;
CUNY Graduate School and Univ. Center; State Univ. of New York-Stony
Brook; Northern Illinois Univ.; Univ. of Notre Dame; Oakland Univ.; Oregon
State Univ.; Pennsylvania State Univ.; Polytechnic Institute of New York;
Queens College, CUNY; Univ. of Rhode Island; Rice Univ.; Sam Houston State
Univ.; San Diego State Univ.; Univ. of Saskatchewan; Univ. of South Carolina;
Univ. of Southern California; Univ. of South Florida; Swarthmore College;
Syracuse Univ.; Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville; Texas Tech Univ.; Union College;
United States Military Academy; Univ. of Utah; Vassar College;Wabash College;
Western Kentucky Univ.; Western Michigan Univ.; Univ. of Western Ontario;
Western Washington Univ.; Winona State Univ.; Yale Univ.

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Women in German Literature and Culture

Source: Monatshefte, Vol. 70, No. 3 (Fall, 1978), pp. 291-308

This year's survey by Monatshefte investigates the extent to which Dep

The arrangement of the results follows in general that of our previous

Arizona State University

Barnard College, Columbia University

Helen Cafferty: Contemporary Women Writers, Images of Women in Literary-historical

Bowling Green State University

Bryn Mawr College

No Women's Studies Program on campus.

Gloria Flaherty: 17th and 18th centuries.

East and West Germany.

University of California-Los Angeles

Ehrhard Bahr: German literature, 18th-20th centuries.

Jutta Goheen: The image of woman in secular medieval German poetry.

George Reinhardt: 19th-century literature.

Florida State University

George Washington University

Georgia Southern College

Claudia Koonz: German Women.

Carol Hall: 19th century comparative literature.

University of Illinois, Chicago Circle

Marianne Burkhard: 19th century German literature.

Illinois State University

Indiana University-Purdue University

Informal contacts do exi

The Department gives full

Loyola University of Chicago

Renate Delphendahl: Modern German letters.

Peter M. Daly: Baroque literature.

University of Maryland-College Park

Susan Cocalis: 18th century; Romanticism; modern drama.

University of Massachusetts-Harbor Campus

In some other courses, an attempt is made to integrate women-related issues int

Lynn Dhority: Psychology and literature (Jungian approaches).

Gisela Bahr: 20th-century German literature.

Michigan State University

T.H. Falk: Contemporary literature.

Anatoly Liberman: Women in Germanic society.

Contacts with the

New Mexico Stat

State University of New York-Albany

Erna Moore.: 18th-19th centuries.

State University of New York-Buffalo

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Marilyn Scott-Jones: 20th century, especially Ida Dehmel.

University of Northern Iowa

Fritz H. Konig: Women's voice in poetry.

There is no Women's Studies Program on campus. Greatest problem encountered so far is

future include courses on G

Ursula D. Lawson: The cont

Ohio State University

No official links with the

Helen Fehervary: 20th cent

Karen R. Achberger: 20th-

Oregon State University

Other courses also focus o

Christine S/ogren: Klassik;

Christiane E. Keck.: 19th and 20th century; Renaissance women.

Ruth V. Gross. 20th century.

John Fitzell: Goethezeit, lyric poetry, folklore.

San Francisco State University

Southern Methodist University

Margareta Deschner: Modern German literature; drama; Scandinavian literature.