GERM-UA 456 - The Age of Goethe

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New York University

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Examines German reaction to the Enlightenment in the literature of storm and stress and of classicism. Considers irrationalism, social protest, and Humanitätsdichtung as successive stages of the expansion of consciousness in an age in which Goethe was the central, but not the only significant, literary figure. Readings include Herder, Von der Urpoesie der Völker and selected poems; Lenz, Die Soldaten; Schiller, Die Räuber, Kabale und Liebe, Maria Stuart, and selected poems; and Hölderlin, selected poems.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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