Goethe and World Literature

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 152 or 153. Taught in German. Reading and discussion of representative works (except Faust ) from Goethe’s early period ( Die Leiden des jungen Werther ) through maturity and old age ( West-östlicher Divan ). Students work with digital humanities methods to improve German language competency and evaluate Goethe’s global influence on Western intellectual history. Letter grading.