Explorations: German Literature in Translation: Love/Magic in 19th and 20th Cent German Lit…

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This course, taught in English, offers a survey of literary masterpieces from the German-speaking world for the English language reader. The selection emphasizes works of the canon generally included in discussions of Western world literature in a variety of genres (prose, poetry, drama) from the 19th and 20th centuries. Unifying themes are 'love' and 'magic' and the ways in which they represent human experience in its individual, social and cultural dimensions. Authors include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke, Bertold Brecht and Friedrich Dürrenmatt, and selected early film classics such as "Metropolis" or "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari." P: One Magis Core Critical Issues in Human Inquiry course.