Last modified: 22 May 2019 17:07
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages." (F.Nietzsche) Since the beginning, love is one of the most felt, thought about and desired human emotion. Why is it, that we get it wrong so often?
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will examine the discussion of love, marriage and adultery in German and Austrian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the social, cultural and economic context of love relationships and the ways in which the dominant value systems of society are reflected, criticised or subverted over the period. Particular issues to be addressed will include: the significance of reputation and honour, the generation conflict, strategies in self-preservation and surrender and questions of gender and identity. The course will study texts by authors such as Goethe, Fontane, Arthur Schnitzler, Christa Wolf and Sigrid Damm.
This course may NOT be included as part of a graduating curriculum with GM 3093 / GM 3593 / GM 4593. The course will be available in alternate sessions.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
1st Attempt: one in-class presentation (30%) and one essay 70%, word length Sen Hons 3500 words.
Resit: One 2-hour written exam (100%)
Discussion in class.
All essays and presentations are discussed individually within no more than 2 weeks of submission.
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