GERMAN 405 - "Exit Metaphysics,Enter Sauerkraut 19th Century German Literature

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Bard College

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"Exit metaphysics, enter sauerkraut" is thephrase frequently used to describe the development of 19th-century German literature from Romanticism to naturalism. The phrase also alludes to the overwhelming experience of most intellectuals and writers at that time: awareness of the loss of security that idealistic philosophy had provided and an attempt to find new absolutes. The focus is the evolution of this experience as it manifests itself in literature. Close readings are made of works by Grillparzer, Nestroy, Grabbe, Hebbel, Heine,M?rike, Droste- Hülshoff, Keller, Stifter, Fontane, C. F. Meyer, Schnitzler, Hauptmann, and Wedekind. The course is conducted in German.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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