RADICAL LONELINESS: CULTURES OF GERMAN ROMANTICISM (CL3061)

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Examines the origins, works and legacy of German Romanticism. Topics include Romantic conceptions of irony, love and nature, as well as broader historical events in Europe that contributed to the movement’s development. The central theme is that of radical loneliness – the “absolute inwardness” at the heart of Romantic aesthetics. Students study Romantic painting, music, literature and thought.

Code: 
CL3061
Name: 
RADICAL LONELINESS: CULTURES OF GERMAN ROMANTICISM
Discipline: 
CL (Comparative Literature)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. To develop your ability to analyze, compare, and speak critically about different kinds of media
  2. To examine the aftermath of the French Revolution, and its consequences for German thinkers and artists
  3. To explore variations on the themes of inwardness, solitude and wandering in German Romantic literature, philosophy, painting and music
  4. To recognize continuities between German Romantics and their French and English counterparts
  5. To understand the Romantic project as both a continuation and correction of the Enlightenment

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