11:15-12:30    TR LI 451

Meets with C333 and CEUS U320 & U520

This course offers an introduction to some forms of Romantic
literature.  The focus is on German, French, English, and East-
European literatures.  The main topics to be discussed are: 1.  the
transition from Classicism to Romanticism, 2.  the aesthetics,
genres, and stylistic features of Romanticism, 3.  philosophy and
poetry, 4.  the cult of national identity, 5.  folklore and
literature, 6.  literature and the other arts.

Readings will be chosen from a list including such authors and works
as Wordsworth (The Prelude), Hoffmann (Ritter Gluck), Coleridge
(Kubla Khan), Pushkin (Onegin), Hugo (Notre-Dame de paris), Balzac
(Le chef-ď oeuvre inconnu), Lŏnnrot (Kalevala), Vörösmarty (Mankind,
Preface. The Old Gipsy), Petŏfi (The Apostle), Nerval (Sylvie),
Madách (The Tragedy of Man).  All texts will be read in English
translation.  Students familiar with such languages as German,
French, Russian, Hungarian, or Finish will be encouraged to compare a
few translations with the originals.

Exams: A midterm test and final examination