Undergraduate Course: The Cult of Feeling: Empfindsamkeit, Sturm und Drang and Early Romanticism (ELCG10013)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | European Languages and Cultures - German |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This seminar will focus on the study of the literary culture of feeling in Germany from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. The liberation of the senses, reflective inwardness and sentimentality were dominant cultural trends that fed into Romanticism. Of central importance are: the private expression of feeling in the epistolary novel, the struggles of the self to achieve autonomy and challenge social boundaries in the drama of the Sturm und Drang, and the relationship between the self and the transcendental, aesthetic, and spiritual aspects of human experience. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
German 2 (ELCG08006)
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Other requirements | Honours entry. Also open to visiting students with fluent German and a background in literary studies. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | In order to be eligible to take 4th Year Options, Visiting Students should have the equivalent of at least two years of study at University level of the appropriate language(s) and culture(s). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
An understanding of the development of writing in 18th and early 19th century Germany and of the key movements of Empfindsamkeit, Sturm und Drang and Romanticism.
Knowledge and understanding of a selection of texts by major writers of the period.
An understanding of the literary text as a source for the study of cultural and intellectual history.
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Assessment Information
Coursework essay (2-2,500 words) 50%, degree exam (1.5 hours) 50%. Students are normally asked to do a presentation in class.
2 copies of the coursework essay should be submitted to the essay submission box marked GERMAN at the entrance of 59 George Square by 4pm on 15th November 2010
Visiting Student Variant Assessment:
2 copies of the Coursework essay (3-3500 words) should be submitted to the essay submission box marked GERMAN at the entrance of 59 George Square by 4pm on 15th November 2010. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Sentimentalism, Storm and Stress, Early Romanticism, Enlightenment |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Eleoma Joshua
Tel: (0131 6)50 3627
Email: eleoma.joshua@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Fiona Scanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Fiona.Scanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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