German Language and Literature  Tags: modern_languages literature languages german german_language german_literature  

This guide is intended as a starting point for your research in German Language and Literature. Choose from the tabs above to begin. Please contact me if you need further assistance.  My contact information is to the right.

Most of the reference material on German language and literature as well as the languages which are classified under "German" (Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans, Scandinavian, Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) can be found in the Reference Room on the 1^st floor of Mullen Library (non-circulating).  The call number ranges for the German language and the langanguages which are also classified under "German" are PD 1 - PD 7159.  German literature is PT 1 – PT 4897 while the literature of the languages which are classified under "German" is PT 5001 - PT 9999.  Circulating material is found in the Mullen Library stacks.  Floor map of Mullen Library; Map of Mullen Stacks. Check the WRLC catalog for monographs and journals that could be applicable to your topic. Check the CU’s e-journals for full text journal articles online. 

PD1-(7159) Germanic Language
PD1-780                General
PD1001-1350       Old Germanic dialects
PD1101-1211       Gothic
PD1501-(7159)     North Germanic. Scandinavian
PD2201-2393       Old Norse. Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian
PD2401-2446       Modern Icelandic
PD(2501)-2999     Norwegian
PD3001-3929       Danish
PD5001-5929       Swedish
PD(6000)-(7159)  Scandinavian dialects, Modern

PT1-4897 German literature
PT1-80                   Literary history and criticism
PT83-(873)            History of German literature
PT175-230            Medieval
PT236-405            Modern
PT500-597            Poetry
PT605-709            Drama
PT711-871            Prose
PT(881)-(951)       Folk literature
PT923-937            Faust legend
PT1100-1479       Collections
PT1100-1141       General
PT1151-1241       Poetry
PT1251-1299       Drama
PT1301-1360       Prose
PT1371-(1374)    Early to 1950. Old and Middle High German
PT1375-1479       Middle High German
PT1501-2688       Individual authors or works
PT1501-1695       Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500
PT1701-1797       1500-ca. 1700
PT1799-2592       1700-ca. 1860/70
PT1891-2239       Goethe
PT1891-2017       Works
PT2026-(2039)    Translations
PT(2044)-2239    Biography and criticism
PT2600-2653      1860/70-1960
PT2660-2688      1961-2000
PT2700-2728      2001-
PT3701-3971      Provincial, local, colonial, etc.
PT3701-3746      East Germany
PT4801-4897      Low German literature

PT5001-5980 Dutch literature

PT6000-6467.36 Flemish literature since 1830

PT6500-6593.36 Afrikaans literature

PT7001-7099 Scandinavian literature

PT7101-7338 Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian

PT7351-7550 Modern Icelandic literature

PT7581-7599 Faroese literature

PT7601-8260 Danish literature

PT8301-9155 Norwegian literature

PT9201-9999 Swedish literature

 Samantha Saporito assisted in the creation of this Research Guide.