| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11:45am- | MWF | MODERN LANGUAGE_219 | Erdmann Waniek. | HALW. | 4 | 12894 | TBA. |
Content: The stupendous richness of German literature around, broadly speaking, 1800 can perhaps best be brought into focus with the notions of autonomy, the self, and the unconscious. They were crucial in developing a theory of aesthetics, the widely diverging practice of literature, and the concept of the individual. Looking in detail at plays, fictional and theoretical prose, and poetry, we shall study the social and historical context of these notions, discuss their significance in the specific texts, and try to understand their continued impact today.
Texts: Lessing, Emilia Galotti; selections from Moritz and Schiller; Kant, "Was ist Aufklaerung?"; Goethe, Tasso, Faust, poetry: Wackenroder, "Berglinger", selections from F. Schylegel, Tieck, Kleist, Hoelderlin; Eichendorff, Taugenichts, poetry
Particulars: Lectures and, primarily, discussion - thus participation is essential and expected. One or two class reports, six short papers (approx. 1000 words), if necessary a mid-term and a final. This is a writing intensive course.
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