GMST 108. Topics in German Studies III

Around the beginning of the 19th century, stories and novellas (Geschichten, Erzählungen, Novellen) became a favorite genre of literary expression and an important art form of writers from Heinrich von Kleist and E.T.A. Hoffmann to Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka. In this class, we will read texts by some of some of the most important figures of the German literary canon and, together with close textual analysis, examine relevant socio-historical and cultural developments that can help us understand the aesthetic and thematic choices of the writers. Authors include (among others) Heinrich von Kleist, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Josef von Eichendorff, Johann Peter Hebel, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Gottfried Keller, Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Stefan Zweig, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Ilse Aichinger.
May be taken for 1 credit.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Eligible for GSST
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies

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