Romantic Couples

Spring 2011

Listed in: German, as GERM-25

Faculty

Description

Can romantic love be pure passion? Or is it subject to rules designed to express feeling? The course explores the language and representations of love around 1800, during a time of profound social and aesthetic change. We will investigate the romantic yearnings for love as a meeting of autonomous subjects, leading to the discovery and realization of the self; the ecstasy of love and erotic misery; longings for everlasting fidelity and trust; issues of speechlessness and delusions; and the social marriage contract which gave rise to a desire to harmonize erotic and Platonic love and friendship. Readings will include romantic tales and fairy tales, novels, poetry, and letters by Goethe, Friedrich Schlegel, Dorothea Schlegel, Bettina von Arnim, Tieck, Hoffmann, and Kleist; music by Schubert and Wagner; romantic painting by Friedrich, Runge, and the Nazarenes. Conducted in German.

Requisite: German 10 or equivalent. Spring semester. Professor Brandes.

Cost: 9.50 ?

Course times and locations

GERM 25 - L/D

Section 01
W 07:00 PM - 09:30 PM CHAP 101

Textbooks

Below are the textbooks used in this course, along with pricing information and availability at local bookstores. The price range shown is based upon queries to multiple online booksellers; click on the the price field to see detailed pricing information.

ISBN	Book Store	Price
3-518-02970-3	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-000010-6	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-000045-8	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-000093-9	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-000320-6	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-002620-5	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-006172-5	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-008002-3	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-15-018157-7	Amherst Books	TBD
978-3-596-11266-1	Amherst Books	TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Fall 2008, Spring 2011

Section Navigation

Spring 2011