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GERM273

Freud's Vienna
GERM273 SP

Crosslistings: GELT273
SectionClass Size*AvailableTimesPOIPrereq
1 20 10 Times: .T.T... 10:00AM-11:20AM;NoNo

*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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