Studies in Early Modern Social and Political Thought - Romantic Literature: Crisis, Aesthetics, Community
EMSP3630.03W
This course focuses on the literary aspect of Romanticism.
DESCRIPTION
The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries witnessed a flourishing of literature, art and music that has come to be known as “Romanticism.” In this course, we will focus mainly on the literary aspect of this period, especially poetry written in English and German (English translation for the latter). Through readings of texts by figures such as Shelley, Novalis, the Schlegel brothers, Keats, and Hölderlin, and secondary material by thinkers such as Lacoue-Labarthe and Nancy, Benjamin, and David Ferris, we will focus on two sets of questions. First, in what way does Romanticism’s turn toward the aesthetic (for example, concepts of beauty inherited from antiquity) constitute a re-evaluation of Enlightenment rationality? Second, in what ways are we still Romantics – in what ways does Romanticism lay a foundation for modern forms of subjectivity and contemporary understandings of community?
TIMETABLE
Lecture
W 2:35-4:25 p.m.
F 2:35-3:25 p.m.
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