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GERM273
Freud's Vienna
GERM273 SP
Crosslistings: GELT273
Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
1 | 20 | 10 | Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
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, INTERPRETATIONS 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
Adolf Loos, "Ornament and Crime" and other essays
Arthur Schnitzler, "Lieutenant Gustl," LA RONDE-DREAM NOVEL,
FRAEULEIN ELSE
Segel, ed., THE VIENNA COFFEEHOUSE WITS
Schorske, FIN-DE-SIECLE VIENNA
Paintings and other images by Klimt, Schiele, and Kokoschke
Vergo, ART IN VIENNA.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four short papers (3-5 pp.),
final examination.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA GERM
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Lensing, L
- Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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