Goethe’s Faust

Faust is one of the most inspiring and complex dramas written in German, with immense influence on later literary texts. Its form is stunningly experimental and plays out all metric forms that were known in the age of Goethe in German literature. The two-part drama takes place in a time that measures from antiquity to the early nineteenth century, but it is, throughout, a representation of existence within a modern socio-economic dynamic. In this course, we will closely read and discuss selected scenes. Taught in German.