| GMAN 585a(u): Introduction to Middle High German Literature. William Whobrey TTh 11.35-12.50 |
| A survey of the major works of German vernacular literature from 1150 to 1250, including courtly love poetry, heroic epic, Arthurian romance, crusader songs, and religious narratives. Examination of the history of the German language, the development of vernacular literature, the broader context of Latin culture, and the problems of manuscript transmission. Readings in the original Middle High German. Hartmann von Aue's Der arme Heinrich will be read in its entirety. Also CPLT 585a |
| GMAN 629a (u), Representing Representation: Self-Referentiality in Literature and Art. Kirk Wetters W 3:30-5:20 |
| Examination of works from a wide variety of periods and literary genres. What happens when a work of art or literature reflects on itself; what happens when the artist is doubled within his or her creation; to what degree is self-representation and self-thematization, in one form or another, indispensable to all representation? Readings include Shakespeare's Richard II, Diderot's Paradox of the Actor, Goethe's Werther and Tasso, poetry of Hölderlin's "poetry of the poet" and Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. These readings will be coupled with relevant theoretical work (Fr. Schlegel, Michel Foucault, Martin Heidegger, Louis Marin). The myth of Orpheus, one of the oldest and most enduring figures of the artist, will be discussed in three central works from the history of opera: Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Magic Flute, and Schoenberg's Moses and Aron. |
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GMAN 663a(u), Tragedies of Knowledge: Faust and Oedipus. Rainer Nägele W 1:30-3:20 |
| Close reading of the Sophoclean Oedipus and Goethe's Faust Part I with particular attention to the two heroes in relation to the desire for knowledge. Discussions in English. A reading knowledge of German is required. Also CPLT 780a |
| GMAN 642a(u), Georg Büchner: Between Romantic Comedy and Modern Science. Rüdiger Campe T 1:30-3:20. |
| Büchner's work varies in terms of discourse and performative style: comedy and tragedy, psychological case study and political pamphlet, philosophical lecture and scientific paper. Readings concentrate on figures of evidence in all genres-on stage, in print, and as experimentation. |
| GMAN 645b(u), Systems and Their Theory. Henry Sussman M 3:30-5:20 |
| Examination of conceptual systems that have, since the outset of modernity, furnished a format and platform for rigorous thinking at the same time that they have imposed on language the attributes of self-reflexivity, consistency, repetition, purity, and dependability. Readings include texts by Kant, Hegel, Bergson, Kafka, Proust, and Borges. Also CPLT 651a(u), PHIL 608a. |
| GMAN 606b(u), Goethe Faust II. Rainer Nägele W 1.30-3.20 |
| Close reading of the second part of Goethe's Faust. Reading knowledge of German required. |
| GMAN 605b(u), Interpretation and Authority. Carol Jacobs M 1:30-3:20 |
| Close reading of works on problems of authority and interpretation by Sigmund Freud, Roland Barthes, Paul de Man, and Walter Benjamin. Exploration of their writing as a performance that questions simplistic notions of truth. Consideration of the problem of how to interpret texts that unsettle the very nature of representation. Also CPLT 517b |
| GMAN 646b(u), Lacan: Rereading Freud. Rainer Nägele Th 1.30-3.20 |
| Close reading of the major essays of Lacan's Ecrits with some excerpts from his seminars. Also CPLT 781b |
| GMAN 720b(u), The Films of Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders. Brigitte Peucker T 3:30-5:20 |
| Close study of the three major directors of the New German Cinema. Topics include questions of authorship, cultural politics, intermediality, and postmodernism. Readings in English; conducted in English. Also Film Studies 763bu |
| GMAN 600b (u), Novel of the Institution: Musil, R. Walser, Kafka, Th. Mann. Rüdiger Campe T 1:30-3:20 |
| Bildungsroman - the novel of the individual's formation-has been a narrative genre since Goethe. The course proposes a reverse model originating around 1900: the novel of institutions-school or court, administration or hospital, etc. Reading focus on novels by R. Walser, Kafka, Musil, Th. Mann; and on social and aesthetic theory by Simmel, Lukács, and others. |
| GMAN 900a,b, Directed Reading. |
| By arrangement with the faculty. |
| PHIL 705a, GMAN 628a Kant: The Critique of Judgment. Karsten Harries M,1:30 - 3:20 |
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| PHIL706b, GMAN 666b Heidegger: Being and Time. Karsten Harries W 1:30 - 3:20 |
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