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GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (L21)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)SP2016
L21 German 524Seminar in Literature of the Late 18th Century: Goethe and the Idea of the Novel3.0 Units
Description:The rise of the novel is arguably the most significant literary development in eighteenth-century Europe. In Germany the number of novels appearing in print rose from 73 between 1750 and 1760 to 1,623 between 1791 and 1800. This transformation of the literary market gave rise to aesthetic debates and reflection on topics that continue to resonate today, from the commodity status of literature, the distinction between "high" and "low" culture, and the political function of art to questions of intellectual property and the nature of creativity. It is also deeply entwined with the emergence of new ways of thinking about gender and social status. In this seminar, we will read three of Goethe's four novels (Werther, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, and Die Wahlverwandtschaften), against the backdrop of these developments. We will consider how these works engage, both explicity and on a more structural level, with the idea of the novel as a quintessentially modern genre, one particularly well suited to an age of rapid social transformation. With regard to methodology, our approach will be broadly sociological but eclectic, incorporating key works of scholarship on the novels, short theoretical texts by such authors as Foucault and Bourdieu, and a bit of quantitative analysis. We will also consider a selection of non-fictional texts from eighteenth century periodical literature that address such topics as the dangers of novel reading, literary piracy, and conceptions of authorship.
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