Topic: German Romanticism

Appropriate for First Year students.

TimeDaysLocationInstructorGERCreditOPUS Class NumberSyllabus (Tentative)
11:45am-12:35pm
MWF
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Mitchell, Andrew. FSEM. 41495 TBA.

August 29, 2012- December 11, 2012

Prerequisites: None
Co-requisites: None

Catalog Description: Study and analysis of the thought of one major philosopher or the study of a special problem or set of related problems in philosophy.

Semester Details:

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the era of German Romanticism, one of the most fecund cultural moments in the western tradition. Readings are drawn from philosophy (Hegel, Schelling), literature (Hoffmann, Kleist, Novalis), criticism and theory (Schlegel), poetry (Hölderlin), painting (Friedrich), and music (Beethoven). Course themes include the relationship between nature and art, language and the ineffable, darkness and enlightenment, tragedy, irony, fragmentation, and madness.

Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Hegel. Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics, trans. Bosanquet.
    ISBN: 9780140433357 .
  2. Hölderlin. Hymns and Fragments, trans. Sieburth.
    ISBN: 9780691014128 .
  3. Hölderlin. The Death of Empedocles, ed. Krell.
    ISBN: 9780791476482.
  4. Schelling. Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom.
    ISBN: 9780791468746 .
  5. Novalis. Henry von Ofterdingen.
    ISBN: 9780881335743 .
  6. Friedrich, Caspar David. Caspar David Friedrich (Taschen Basic Art).
    ISBN: 9783822819586 .
  7. Hoffmann, E.T.A.. The Golden Pot and Other Tales.
    ISBN: 9780199552474 .
  8. Kleist, Heinrich. The Marquise of O and Other Stories .
    ISBN: 9780140443592 .
    Schlegel, selections (distributed in class)

Recommended Textbooks, Articles, and Resources

  1. Beethoven, 5th symphony, Kleiber, Wiener Philharmoniker. Deutsche Grammophon (CD or mp3 download iTunes/amazon, etc.).

Grading

Assignment/ExamDetails% of Total Grade
Attendance participation, Class presentation, 2 short papers, Final paper/project

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