GER 472

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Realism to Expressionism

Credit: 3 hours.

Literary, thematic, cultural, and bibliographical analysis of the major authors, works, genres, and movements in German literature from 1830 to 1920.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite: GER 332 or equivalent.

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GER 472 class schedule data for spring 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	39079	Lecture-Discussion	D	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	307 David Kinley Hall	Hochreiter, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Info: Turning Points: From Vorm�rz to World War I The era from 1832 ? with the celebration of freedom and democratic values at the famous 'Hambacher Fest' after the French revolution 1830 ? to the beginning of World War I, resulted in many major political and social changes. Whereas the complex political situation in German Kingships and Duchies as well as the Austrian Empire with wars, revolutions and new models of state changed constantly, the aesthetic basis in art appears comparably stable. With the beginning of the 19th century, the autonomy of art was the condition sine qua non of all artistic production. Still there are profoundly changing aesthetical and poetological concepts from Classicism and Romanticism to Realism, Naturalism, and finally the Fin de si�cle. Many important works for the history of German-language literature, were written during this time. We will read and discuss a representative selection of texts in different genres, such as 'Dantons Tod' (Georg B�chner), 'Effi Briest' (Theodor Fontane), 'Das vierte Gebot' (Ludwig Anzengruber), poetry by Else Lasker-Sch�ler, and 'Die Waffen nieder' (Bertha von Suttner). The development of literature and media, the changes in poetic expression, censorship and political involvement of writers are aspects we will analyse. 'From Vorm�rz to World War I' is a very exciting epoch and I am looking forward to exploring it with the participants of this course.