Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Heroic Verse, Libido, Dialectic
4 Feb 2016
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[painting] tischbein, goethe in the roman campagna, 1786. Lecture 33 and 34 feb 2nd, 2016 and feb 4th, 2016. Arabic poetry concept of weltliteratur: wrote art criticism, literary criticism, etc, amateur scientist/botanist; studied color a renaissance man , romantic period: national literatures come of age (nationalism) . Summed up in national poets: dante, cervantes, shakespeare, Goethe: goethe becomes a cultural institution: intellectuals stop in wiemar to see him. Historically: nation state developing early 19th century national writers institutionalized, e. g. shakespeare, cervantes. Goethe"s status in german famous very early in life an institution in. Extraordinary output + very diverse output: many genres; invented the his time. The faust legend germanic story from ca. Man who sold soul to devil: 15th century context allows goethe to examine tensions of both 15th century and romantic forces (social change, revolution, rule-breaking, excess) Faust is goethe"s most important work composed over 50 years.
