Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis The subject focuses on the major aspects of the most important period in the history of literature in German speaking countries. The Age of Goethe is a corner-stone in the foundation of the culture of modern Germany. Students will study works of Immanuel Kant, Georg Forster, Herder, Wieland, Goethe, Schiller, and H_lderlin, critically investigating the humanism of these writers as the basis of a revolutionary reassessment of the individual, the writer, society, nation, and history in the context of the European Enlightenment project, of which German classical writing is both an affirmation and a critique.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 70% + Examination (1 hour): 30%