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Debating Enlightenment: Literature and Culture 1740-1870 (GERM0014)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department
School of European Languages, Culture and Society
Credit value
15
Restrictions
Language pre-requisites may apply to this module. Students not already studying in the language at intermediate level or with equivalent knowledge may not be eligible and must seek approval prior to registering. Please contact the email address provided. Open to both ab initio and post-A level students. Not open to affiliate students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module will examine a representative selection of German literature from the Enlightenment to the late nineteenth century, focusing on the question of how important literary epochs, from the Enlightenment itself to Poetic Realism, have engaged with and 'debated' the concept of Enlightenment. The module introduces students to texts by renowned German authors in order to offer a broad overview of the period. It explicitly links key literary and intellectual movements, while at the same time complementing the core modules GERM0013 - Love, Violence and Laughter: Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Culture up to 1740 and GERM0015 - The Challenge of Modernity: Literature and Culture from 1870 to the Present.听

GERM 0014: Primary Texts听

For A-level students:听

  • Immanuel Kant: 鈥楤eantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufkl盲rung?鈥� Milton Keynes: Marston Gate (or any edition)听

  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Emilia Galotti. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)听

  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust I. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)听

  • Friedrich Schiller: Wilhelm Tell. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)听

  • E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der goldne Topf. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)听

  • Heinrich von Kleist: Die Marquise von O鈥� Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)听

  • Georg B眉chner: Woyzeck. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)听

  • Karl Marx, Das kommunistische Manifest (any edition)听

  • Poetry by set authors (Joseph von Eichendorff; Heinrich Heine) will be provided on Moodle听

    For Ab Initio Students:听

  • Immanuel Kant: 鈥楢n Answer to the Question, 鈥淲hat is Enlightenment?鈥� Trans. H. B. Nisbet. London: Penguin, 2013.听

  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Emilia Galotti. A Tragedy in Five Acts. Trans. Edward Dvoretzky. New York: German Book Center, 1979.听

  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust. The First Part of the Tragedy. Trans. David Constantine. London: Penguin, 2005.听

  • Friedrich Schiller: William Tell. In Schiller Volume Three: Joan of Arc, William Tell. Trans. Robert David MacDonald. London: Oberon, 2005.听

  • E. T. A. Hoffmann: The Golden Pot and Other Tales. Trans. Ritchie Robertson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.听

  • Heinrich von Kleist: 鈥楾he Marquise of O.鈥� in Selected Writings. Trans. David Constantine. London: J. M. Dent, 1997.听

  • Georg B眉chner: Woyzeck. A New Translation by Dan Farrelly. Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2004.听

  • Karl Marx: Manifesto of the Communist Party (any edition)听

  • Poetry by set authors (Joseph von Eichendorff; Heinrich Heine) will be provided on Moodle听

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Terms 1 and 2 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
In person
Methods of assessment
100% Exam
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year
11
Module leader
Mr Reinier Van Straten
Who to contact for more information
r.vanstraten@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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