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Academic Year 2005/2006

Freud's Vienna
GERM 273 FA
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
Karl Kraus, HALF-TRUTHS AND ONE-AND-A-HALF TRUTHS, aphorisms, IN THESE GREAT TIMES
Arthur Schnitzler, LA RONDE, LEUTNANT GUSTL, FRAULEIN ELSE

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One short essay, one mid-term examination, one research paper.

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-30-2006

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