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GERM381

Austrian Literature 1898-1938 (Oesterreichische Literatur 1898-1938)
GERM381 SP

Next Offered in 9798 SP

This course will examine important authors and other cultural figures who were active between the turn of the century and the ANSCHLUSS. There will be particular attention to the creative interaction among literature, psychology, and the arts before 1914. Specific topics will include the prevalence of the "Habsburg Myth," the Jewish contribution to Austrian culture, literary responses to World War I, the rise of psychoanalysis, and the dialectic between ornament and asceticism in the arts.

MAJOR READINGS

Peter Altenberg, WIE ICH ES SEHE
(selections)
Arthur Schnitzler; REIGEN; FRAEULEIN ELSE
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, "Reitergeschichte"
Karl Kraus, SPRUECHE UND WIDERSPRUECHE; DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER
MENSCHHEIT
Adolf Loos, "ornament und verbrechen" and other essays
Rainer Maria Rilke, GEDICHTE
Franz Kafka, IN DER STRAFKOLONIE and other stories
Oskar Kokoschka, DIE TRAEUMENDEN KNABEN
Sigmund Freud, DIE TRAUMDEUTUNG (selections); DORA
Paintings by Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, and Gerstl

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One class report, three short essays (3-5 pp.) and one research paper (10-12 pp.)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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: UG Credit: 1.00

Prerequisites: GERM214 or WUPG251 and WUPG252 or GERM216 or GERM217

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997




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