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Madness and Dreams in Literary Formations

German 148 (4) Topics in Narrative. Kudszus
“Madness and Dreams in Literary Formations”.  An in-depth examination of pivotal 18th to 20th century prose texts in Austrian, German, and Swiss literature with regard to intersections of madness & dreams. Texts will include Ludwig Tieck’s Der blonde Eckbert (1796), Georg Büchner’s Lenz (1836), E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann (1816), Friedrich Nietzsche’s Ecce homo (1888, selections), Sigmund Freud’s Die Traumdeutung (1900, selections), Franz Kafka’s Das Urteil (1912), Robert Walser’s Der Spaziergang (1917), Thomas Bernhard’s Gehen (1971), and Herta Müller’s Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel (1991). Readings in German, all other course work optionally in English or German, lectures in German and English.