CMLT 28700 - Major Works of Modernism

Institution:

University of Chicago

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PQ: Knowledge of German. This course is centered on several canonical works of classical modernism: Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Ein Brief; Robert Walser' s Jakob von Gunten ; Thoma s Mann ? Tod in Venedi g; Fra nz Kafka 's Die Verwandlu ng; Art hur Schnitzle r's Fr u lein E lse; Ber tolt Brec ht's Mutter Courage und ihre Ki nder; poetry by Stefan George, Hofmannsthal, Gottfried Benn, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Georg Trakl; and essays by Georg Simmel, Walter Benjamin, and Robert Musil. Our goal is to develop a concept of modernism sufficiently capacious to embrace radically opposed literary and cultural agendas. All work in Ge rman. D. Wellbery. Aut

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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