College Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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GMST 111. Genres: Das deutsche Drama
This seminar explores, in depth, a particular genre of literary and media production.
Scheduled topics include the following:
Medienkultur
Populärliteratur
Der deutsche Film
Das deutsche Drama
Der deutsche Roman
Fall 2016 Topic: German Drama
The seminar gives an overview of German dramatic literature from the second half of the eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. Works by Lessing, Schiller, Kleist, Büchner, Hauptmann, Wedekind, von Horváth, Brecht, Handke, and H. Müller will be discussed and analyzed in their literary, socio-historical and theoretical context, from Lessing’s Hamburg Dramaturgy to Brechtian dramaturgy and its postmodern reinterpretation by Heiner Müller. These works are still the most performed plays, raising questions on canonicity and relevance for today’s German stage.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2016. Werlen.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: German Studies
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/german-studies
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