Minor in Theatre - Modern German Drama II
THEA 3762 Modern German Drama II
CREDIT HOURS: 3
An historical study of modern German Drama from the 1770s to the twentieth century. Works by J.M.R. Lenz, J.W.v. Goethe, H.V. Kleist, G. Büchner, G. Hauptmann, E. Toller, B. Brecht and B. Strauß will be discussed. The notion of Freedom (Freiheit) and its apparent impossibility in the nineteenth and twentieth century is central. The texts are read in English translation with the German originals as back-up.
NOTES: This course is the second part of the former full-year course THEA 3751X/Y.06. This course description reflects the entirety of the pair (
THEA 3761.03 and
THEA 3762.03).
FORMAT: Seminar
CROSS-LISTING:
GERM 3752.03
EXCLUSIONS: THEA 3751XY.06, GERM 3750XY.06