Modern German Drama II

3 credits · Undergraduate

An historical study of modern German Drama from the 1770s to the twentieth century. Works by J.M.R. Lenz, J.W.v. Goethe, H.V. Kleist, G. Büchner, G. Hauptmann, E. Toller, B. Brecht and B. Strauß will be discussed. The notion of Freedom (Freiheit) and its apparent impossibility in the nineteenth and twentieth century is central. The texts are read in English translation with the German originals as back-up. CALENDAR NOTES: This course is the second part of the former full-year course GERM 3750.06. This course description reflects the entirety of the pair (GERM 3751.03 and GERM 3752.03). CROSSLISTED: THEA 3762.03 EXCLUSIONS: GERM 3750.06, THEA 3751.06 FORMATS: Seminar