Aesthetics and Poetics

6 credits · Undergraduate

A historical study of the development of aesthetic and poetical theory: What is art, what is literature?. Aristotle's "Poetik", Horace's "Ars Poetica", Lenz's " Anmerkungen übers Theater " Hegel's "Ästhetik", Heidegger's "Ursprung des Kunstwerkes" and Gadamer's "Aktualität des Schönen" will be studied. CALENDAR NOTES: Credit can only be given for this course if X and Y are completed in consecutive terms and partial credit cannot be given for a single term. PREREQUISITES: GERM 2200X/Y.06 or GERM 2400X/Y.06 and another literature course FORMATS: Seminar