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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2021 |
Registration ID | GERMB320001 |
Course Title | Topics in German Lit & Culture-Shadows of German Romanticism |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | German |
Instructor | Strair,Margaret |
Times and Days | MTh 02:40pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | TAYE |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1319 This is a topics course. Course content varies. Taught in German.; Current topic description: Romantic scientist and philosopher GH Schubert writes of a night side of nature that science had previously left to the realm of disbelief and miracles. Late German Romantics such as ETA Hoffmann, Schubert, and others grappled with the dark, the demonic, and the irrational in their literary and scientific writings, plunging the depths of nature and even the human psyche itself. They represent, however, only one valence to “darkness” or “shadows” throughout German Romantic thought. Motifs of shadows and darkness permeate the works other Romantic writers and thinkers as a metaphor against the Age of Reason, but also as a reflection of the social, political, and philosophical crises that give rise to German Romanticism itself, even in its earlier forms. In this course, we will explore intersections between literary, philosophical, visual, and scientific culture to uncover the many dimensions of shadows and darkness and their role in shaping German Romanticism. We will also look at the enduring afterlives of German Romanticism in this vein, with the emergence of film and as found in the works of a few major filmmakers. Authors of study will include ETA Hoffmann, the Brothers Grimm, Ludwig Tieck, Friedrich Schlegel, Hegel, Dorothea Schlegel, Clemens Brentano, Adalbert von Chamisso, Karoline von Günderrode, Heinrich Kleist, Annette Dröste von Hülshoff, and Novalis, among others. Possible sessions with special collections and manuscript collections at Bryn Mawr and around the Philadelphia area. Approach: Writing Attentive; Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) Enrollment Cap: 18; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Placement Exam; Permission of Instructor; |
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