Freud's Vienna
GRST 273
Spring 2007 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
GELT 273 |
This course is a study of the intellectual ferment and social unrest that characterized Vienna during the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It will focus on the rise of Freudian psychoanalysis and its influence on literature and art, as well as on critical and satirical responses to Freud. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Breuer and Freud, STUDIES ON HYSTERIA
Freud, DORA, INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, ELECTRA
Oskar Kokoschka, MURDERER, HOPE OF WOMEN, THE DREAMING BOYS
Karl Kraus, HALF-TRUTHS AND ONE-AND-A-HALF TRUTHS, aphorisms, IN THESE GREAT TIMES
Arthur Schnitzler, LA RONDE, FRAEULEIN ELSE, DREAM STORY
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short essays, one mid-term examination, one research paper. |
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