In the course we will examine one of the most exciting and innovative periods of modern European cultural history. Between 1790 and 1830, the movement known as Romanticism profoundly changed the artistic, musical, historical, religious, and political sensibilities on the Continent and Britain. Romanticism marked a turn from the rational formalism of the Classical period and reawakened an interest in myth, religious faith, the imagination, and emotional experience. In this course we will focus principally on the German contribution to Romanticism and trace its origins, development and eventual decline in works of literature, philosophy, theology, music, painting, and architecture. All readings and lectures will be in English.
Evil clearly exists.
Perhaps, it has gone the way of sin and guilt. Perhaps, we simply have difficulty in recognizing it. These are some of the questions the seminar will endeavor to answer. The means to that end will be careful reading and disciplined thinking. Completion of one German literature course on the 300 or 400 level.