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Academic Year 2005/2006
Freud's Vienna
GERM 273 SP
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, LA RONDE, FRAEULEIN ELSE, DREAM STORY
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two short essays, 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
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Lensing,Leo A.
- Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK413;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts
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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006
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