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Academic Year 2001/2002

Desire and Fulfillment: Romantic Art, Music, and Literature
GERM 286 SP
Crosslistings:
GELT 286
COL 293

An introduction to the European Romantic period through a close reading of its literature, visual arts and, to a lesser extent, its music. The focus will be on England, the German-speaking areas, and France, though all readings will be in English. Six written assignments, some of them short one-page responses, others more extended essays.

MAJOR READINGS

Thomas Percy, RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY (Selections)
J.W. von Goethe, THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER and FAUST I
Selections from the lyrical poetry of Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats
Chateaubriand, ATALA
E.T.A. Hoffmann, THE SANDMAN and THE GOLDEN POT Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN

Major Viewings:
Wright of Derby, Blake, Casper David Friedrich, Goya, Fuseli, Delacroix, Gericault, Turner, Ledoux, Schinkel

Major Listenings:
Beethov en, PIANO SONATA op. 27, No. 2
Schubert, DIE WINTERREISE
Berlioz, SYMPHONY FANTASTIQUE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Eight papers or responses, and a final take-home exam.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA GERM    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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