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Academic Year 2003/2004

Realism and Reality: German Prose 1848-1898
GERM 363 FA

German realism developed later and assumed more modernist forms than similar movements in England and France. The focus will be on the relationship between the progressive thematics of important literary texts and the subtle formal experiments created to express them. Themes to be explored include the "Jewish question," sexuality and society, and the Prussian rise to power. The major authors to be read are Fontane, Raabe, Keller, Saar and Storm

MAJOR READINGS

Wilhelm Raabe: ZUM WILDEN MANN, FRAU SALOME, UNRUHIGE GASTE, DIE AKTEN DES VOGELSANGS
Theodor Fontane: IRRUNGEN, WIRRUNGEN, EFFI BRIEST
Gottfried Keller: ROMEO AND JULIA AUF DEM DORFE, SIEBEN LEGENDEN
Theodor STORM: DER SCHIMMELREITER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short essays; one long paper; one classroom report

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: GERM214 OR GERM217 OR (WUPG251 AND WUPG252) Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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