GRN2245

German literature 1871- 1918

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

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

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