GERM 311 - Enlightenment to Classicism

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WADV

A study of major movements, problems, and oeuvres in the literature from the 18th to the mid-19th century (Enlightenment through Romanticism). This course will explore the culturally productive tension between nascent nationalism and Goethean cosmopolitanism. Prose, drama, and poetry by Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, and others. This course is intended for students who have not yet done 400-level work in German literature.

Enrollment Limit: 22
Instructor: S. Huff

Prerequisites & Notes: GERM 204 or qualification by placement test.
This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Theater, Comparative Literature