Proposed to be offered next in 2001
P Thomson
8 points - 3 hours per week - Clayton - Corequisites: GRN2015 or GRN2025
Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have obtained an understanding of the main features of German and Austrian literary and cultural life in the period, and a detailed knowledge of key texts reflecting the social, intellectual and historical developments of the time.
Synopsis A study of German literature and society from unification to the First World War.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 70% - Examinations (1 hour): 30%
Prescribed texts
Fontane T Frau Jenny Treibel dtv
Hauptmann G Vor Sonnenaufgang Ullstein
Hesse H Unterm Rad Suhrkamp
Kafka F Der Prozeß Fischer
Mann H Professor Unrat Rowohlt
Mann T Der Tod in Venedig und andere Erzählungen Fischer
Schnitzler A Casanovas Heimfahrt Fischer