This course examines the relationship between the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the composer Richard Wagner. It explores their intellectual kinship, their views of art, music, and philosophy in the context of Nietzsche's critique of modernity and decadence and analyses the Third Reich's and Hollywood's appropriation of Nietzsche and Wagner. The course will be conducted in English.
Texts are in English.
Oral presentations are in English and papers may be in German or English. The Birth of Tragedy. Theodor W. Adorno. The Sorrow and Greatness of Richard Wagner . Music experts from Wagner's music dramas.