GRN3035

The Age of Goethe I

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

P Thomson

4 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: Passes in two second-year culture core subjects
* Corequisites: a third-year language subject

Objectives The aims of the subject are to enable students to gain an understanding of a key period in German culture and literature in relation to the wider social and historical context; to develop their capacity to analyse and critically evaluate representative literary texts of the period with special reference to their response to historical change.

Synopsis This subject examines German literature between 1770 and 1800 through the study of selected texts.

Assessment Written (2000 words): 65%
* Examinations (1 hour): 35%

Prescribed texts

Goethe J W Gedichte Reclam
Goethe J W Die Leiden des jungen Werthers Reclam
Goethe J W Iphigenie auf Tauris Reclam
Goethe J W Novelle Reclam
Kant I Was ist Aufklärung Reclam
Schiller F Kabale und Liebe Reclam