Readings and class discussions in German. Wandering Examination of the figure of the wanderer in works by Buchner, Nietzsche, Walser, and Celan, and exploration of philosophical and psychological dimensions of such motifs as fresh air, heights, isolation, and movement. Authors include Stifter, Storm, Meyer, Droste-Hulshoff, Keller, and Buchner. II An introduction to the study of poetry as well as an historical survey of German poetry from the medieval period to the 20th century. An introduction to aspects of the modern novel through a close reading of one or two exemplary texts.
Central question is relationship between historical and political analysis and morality.
Reading of poems by Goethe, H lderlin, Novalis, etc., combining formal analysis with historical perspectives. In the family, individual history and social history intersect in very specific ways. The social transformations and the accompanying changing status of the individual in society are particularly evident in their dramatization on the theater. This course will pursue these changes through a reading of German plays from the 18th to the 20th century, from Lessing to Brecht, and through these readings also pose the question of the interrelationship between literature and social history. Chess Games Chess surfaces frequently in literary and philosophical works as metaphor or allegory of battle of pure wits.