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Academic Year 2004/2005

Freud's Vienna
GERM 273 SP
Crosslistings:
GELT 273

This course is a study of the intellectual ferment and social unrest that characterized Vienna during the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It will focus on the rise of Freudian psychoanalysis and its influence on literature and art, as well as on critical and satirical responses to Freud.

MAJOR READINGS

Breuer and Freud, STUDIES ON HYSTERIA
Freud, DORA, INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, ELECTRA
Oskar Kokoschka, MURDERER, HOPE OF WOMEN, THE DREAMING BOYS
Karl Kraus, HALF-TRUTHS AND ONE-AND-A-HALF TRUTHS, aphorisms, IN THESE GREAT TIMES
Arthur Schnitzler, LIEUTENANT GUSTL, LA RONDE, FRAEULEIN ELSE, DREAM STORY

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short essays, one mid-term examination, one final examination.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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