Um 1800 (Spring 2006) (Whitman College)

Course Number

GERM 388

Syllabus Date

Spring 2006

Faculty Member

Robert D. Tobin, Clark University

Department course is offered by

OTHER

Course description

This course was taught by Robert Tobin at Whitman College. Professor Tobin worked at Whitman for 18 years as associate dean of the faculty and chair of the humanities, and was named Cushing Eells Professor of the Humanities.

"In this course, we are attempting to get a sense of the richness of the cultural life of German-speaking central Europe around 1800, when there was a flowering of literature, philosophy, music and the arts flowered. We will read a variety of texts in German from a variety of disciplines and develop our skills as literary analysts, cultural critics, and readers of German."

Keywords

Europe, Germany, literature, philosophy, classical music

Recommended Citation

Tobin, Robert D., "Um 1800 (Spring 2006) (Whitman College)" (2006). Syllabi. 43.
https://commons.clarku.edu/tobinsyllabi/43