Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Spinning Wheel, Eternal Feminine, Doggerel
21 Nov 2012
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Schubert: the king in thule (p. 739) Schubert: gretchen at the spinning wheel (p. 753) Romantic in the sense that it breaks conventions, goes beyond. Includes allusions and many types of writing. Romantic lied (plural lieder) = art song . We can knit things together (plot and theme) through the songs that they"re singing in the epic. All genres spill into faust; it"s a drama, but not something you put onto stage in it"s entirety. He puts in poems that he actually composed. The key term that comes up again and again: striving. When they first make the bet, he says all my striving i unloose is the whole purpose of this agreement . He wants to go beyond the bounds of the narrow, proper experience. If he ever gets to the point where he stops striving, then the devil (m. ) gets his soul.
