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HANS ADLER

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Raw average: 3.60/5 from 10 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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GER362 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
He's a professor who doesn't dumb his German down for you. He speaks with native fluency about some really advanced topics in literature and calls you out when you attempt to use English. In this way, he is very intimidating. However, he's a good prof. Always encouraged discussion and ideas. You can get an easy A if you try. He improved my German.
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KAFKA · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Very good!!! I wish he teaches other non-German courses so that I can take them!
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KAFKA368 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Sweet guy, if slightly intimidating. Lectures weren't always "easy" to follow, but he always made an effort to engage the class and encourage participation. Def recommended for anyone interested in Kafka.
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GERMA305 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Adler is one of the few German professors who can keep you interested in a discussion through a whole power lecture! He picks a good selection of interesting books, and the class is fairly easy if you read the books and come to class. Expect though that he tends to be intimidating and will call you out on mispronunciations!
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KAFKA368 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 1/5
Superficial course. He encouraged discussion yet cut people off.He challenged comments destructively.Lied to cover himself; shrouded common sense in lit-speak.Dropped names and terms - him connecting them was very thin, intentionally obscur… Read full reviewShow less
Superficial course. He encouraged discussion yet cut people off.He challenged comments destructively.Lied to cover himself; shrouded common sense in lit-speak.Dropped names and terms - him connecting them was very thin, intentionally obscure. A Very Important Man, so humble. His Burrow breathing comment: you would need a "structure." Sooo abstract.
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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2020COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2019COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2019COMPLIT 350Problems in Comparative Literatures and Cultures
Spring 2019COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2019GERMAN 275Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Spring 2019GERMAN 723Practicum in Teaching Undergraduate Literature
Fall 2018COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2018GERMAN 305Literatur Des 20. Und 21. Jahrhunderts
Fall 2018GERMAN 385Honors Seminar in German Literature
Fall 2018GERMAN 947Seminar in German Literature and Culture
Spring 2018COMPLIT 350Problems in Comparative Literatures and Cultures
Spring 2018COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2018GERMAN 275Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Fall 2017COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2017GERMAN 305Literatur Des 20. Und 21. Jahrhunderts
Fall 2017GERMAN 385Honors Seminar in German Literature
Fall 2017GERMAN 612German Literary Movements Since 1750
Spring 2017COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2016COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2016COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2016GERMAN 362Topics in German Literature
Spring 2016GERMAN 385Honors Seminar in German Literature
Fall 2015COMPLIT 350Problems in Comparative Literatures and Cultures
Fall 2015COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2015GERMAN 275Kafka and the Kafkaesque
Fall 2015GERMAN 305Literatur Des 20. Und 21. Jahrhunderts
Spring 2015GERMAN 362Topics in German Literature
Fall 2014COMPLIT 350Problems in Comparative Literatures and Cultures
Fall 2014COMPLIT 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2014GERMAN 278Topics in German Culture
Spring 2014GERMAN 305Literatur Des 20. Und 21. Jahrhunderts
Fall 2013GERMAN 278Topics in German Culture
Fall 2013GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2013GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2012GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2012GERMAN 947Seminar in German Literature and Culture
Spring 2012GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2011GERMAN 362Topics in German Literature
Fall 2011GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2011GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2010COMPLIT 203Introduction to Cross-cultural Literary Forms
Fall 2010GERMAN 947Seminar in German Literature and Culture
Fall 2010GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2010COMPLIT 699Directed Study
Spring 2010GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2009GERMAN 305Literatur Des 20. Und 21. Jahrhunderts
Fall 2009GERMAN 723Practicum in Teaching Undergraduate Literature
Fall 2009GERMAN 799Independent Study
Fall 2009GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2009GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2008COMPLIT 475Poetics and Literary Theory
Fall 2008GERMAN 723Practicum in Teaching Undergraduate Literature
Fall 2008GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2008GERMAN 799Independent Study
Spring 2008GERMAN 947Seminar in German Literature and Culture
Spring 2008GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2007GERMAN 723Practicum in Teaching Undergraduate Literature
Fall 2007GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Spring 2007GERMAN 305Literatur Des 20. Und 21. Jahrhunderts
Spring 2007GERMAN 699Directed Study
Spring 2007GERMAN 799Independent Study
Spring 2007GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature
Fall 2006GERMAN 990Individual Research in Literature

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