Syllabus
Naturalism, Impressionism, Art nouveau, Neoromanticism, Symbolism, "Heimatkunst". Prose at the turn of the century: Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Robert Walser, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Drama at the turn of the century: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Arthur Schnitzler, Frank Wedekind. Lyrics: Hofmannsthal, George, Rilke, Morgenstern.
Expressionism: Franz Werfel, Alfred Döblin, Carl Einstein; G.Kaiser, Hasenclever; Georg Trakl, Georg Heym, Gottfried Benn, Franz Werfel, Else Lasker-Schüler etc.
Annotation
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with selected works of German written literature from the period of Naturalism to Expressionism. Emphasis is placed on literary-aesthetic and cultural-historical aspects of the discussed works.
Lecture Contents: Naturalism as the first modern literary movement - program and art theory, artistic associations and magazines; prose (Holz, Schlaf), naturalistic drama (Hauptmann). Artistic movements at the turn of the century: Impressionism, Art Nouveau, Neo-romanticism, Symbolism, "Heimatkunst". Prose at the turn of the century: Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Robert Walser, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hermann Hesse, Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Drama at the turn of the century: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Arthur Schnitzler, Frank Wedekind.
Lyric: Hofmannsthal, George, Rilke, Morgenstern.
Expressionism: assumptions and basic features; prose: Franz Werfel, Alfred Döblin, Carl Einstein; drama: G. Kaiser, Hasenclever;
Lyric: Georg Trakl, Georg Heym, Gottfried Benn, Franz Werfel, Else Lasker-Schüler u.a.
The course has been taught in German.