Course Description
What is Romanticism? How do artistic disciplines vary in their expression of Romantic ideals? Works include nineteenth-century poems, fairy tales, short fiction, letters, brief philosophical texts, music, and art. Taught in German.
Athena Title
The German Romantic Age
Prerequisite
GRMN 3010 or GRMN 3015
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students, having investigated the interstices of the Romantic movements of the various arts in Germany, will have read major texts of German Romantic literature, been introduced to philosophical texts of the era, and studied important works of art and music. Students will be evaluated on the basis of in-class discussions, written assignments, such as literary journals and letters, and in-class exams.
Topical Outline
I. What is Romanticism? II. Philosophical Beginnings III. Early Literary Romanticism IV. The Jena Romantics V. The Salon and Romanticism in Berlin VI. The Investigation of the Germanic Heritage: Fairy Tales Folk Songs The Middle Ages VII. Creating a New Germanic Folk Heritage VIII. Religion and the Romantics IX. Romanticism in Schwabia X. The Dark Side of Romanticism XI. Romanticism and the Third Reich
Syllabus