Masterworks of European Literature: The Romantic Quest

Undergraduate catalogue

Works central to the tradition of modern European literature, including Goethe's Faust , Byron's Don Juan , Flaubert's Sentimental Education , Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil , and Mann's Doctor Faustus . Each work treats the quest for greatness; each will be examined as to its form and place in the history of ideas. Two 90-minute seminars.