German 473 - The Enlightenment and "Storm and Stress"

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Colgate University

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C. Baldwin Theater was the object and source of conflicting passions in the 18th century. This course examines German drama and its innovations during this time. Topics include the efforts to establish a new national literary theater in Germany against popular improvisational traditions, the development of the bourgeois drama as an expression of Enlightenment political and social critiques, the German "discovery" of Shakespeare, and the emotional theater of the storm and stress and its revolutionary sentiment. Within these political and cultural contexts, students study central dramatic works and other materials such as theater reviews, portraits of actors, manifestos, letters, and visual representations of theater. Issues explored include the debates on the allures and supposed moral dangers of the theater and its potential positive or negative social effects, the body as expressive medium, theories on the tasks and talents of actors, the gender politics of theater, and the reception and production of 18th-century drama on the contemporary German stage. Prerequisite : GERM 351, 35 2 or permission of instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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