Modern German Drama I

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 first part of the former full-year course THEA 3751X/Y.06. This course description reflects the entirety of the pair (THEA 3761.03 and THEA 3762.03). CROSSLISTED: GERM 3751.03 EXCLUSIONS: THEA 3751.06XY, GERM 3750.06XY FORMATS: Seminar