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Introduction to Western Literature, Lesson Six
Monday, February 13, 5th and 6th periods
Professor Chaucer is looking better than he did last week which, considering the class didn't see him last week isn't saying much. His lecture is more subdued than usual, but he seems willing to answer questions and talk with the students.
Introduction to Western Literature, Lesson Six
[LECTURE] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar. He was born in 1749, and was one of the paramount figures of German literature and European Neo-classicism and Romanticism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author of Faust and Theory of Colours, he inspired Darwin with his independent discovery of the human premaxilla jaw bones and focus on evolution. Goethe's influence spread across Europe, and for the next century his works were a primary source of inspiration in music, drama, and poetry.
Goethe's Faust, Part 1, (original title: Faust - der Tragödie erster Teil) is perhaps the best known version of the Faust story. Several hundred pages long, the play is a closet drama, meaning that it is meant to be read rather than performed. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many as the greatest work of German literature.
The play was preliminarily completed in 1806. The 1808 publication was followed by the revised 1828–1829 edition, which was the last to be edited by Goethe himself. Prior to these appeared a partial printing in 1790 of Faust, a Fragment. The earliest forms of the work, known as the Urfaust, were developed between 1772 and 1775; however, the details of that development are no longer entirely clear.
Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the early sixteenth century German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust. It has been used as the basis for many different fictional works, most notably by Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Mann, and Mikhail Bulgakov.
The story concerns the fate of a learned gentleman named Faust, who in his quest for forbidden or advanced knowledge of material things summons the Devil (represented by Mephistopheles, often also referred as Mephisto), who offers to serve him for a period of time, at the cost of Faust's soul.
Some scholars believe an anonymous German author wrote a prose volume (or 'chapbook') Historia von D. Iohan Fausten in 1587 (noting that the word 'historia' is Latin for German Geschichte, and implying a still earlier, independent source in the Latin language), which was then translated into English by a certain "P. F., Gent[leman]" in 1592 as The Historie of the damnable life, and deserved death of Doctor Iohn Faustus (this version has unfortunately not been preserved). It was this earlier work that Christopher Marlowe used for his somewhat more ambitious play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, published circa 1600. Additionally, Marlowe borrowed from Acts and Monuments by John Foxe, on the exchanges between Pope Adrian and a rival pope. Another very possible inspiration of Marlowe's version is John Dee (1527-1609), who practised forms of alchemy and science and developed Enochian magic.
Along with Jacob Bidermann's Cenodoxus, published in 1602, Marlowe's version served to inspire the later Faust, Part 1 by Goethe, which may be considered the more definitive classical work.
A note about the second part of Geothe's play: throughout Part 1, Faust remains unsatisfied; the ultimate conclusion of the tragedy and the outcome of the wagers are only revealed in Faust Part 2. The first part represents the "small world" and takes place in the commoners' milieu, and presents a criticism of society. In contrast, Part 2 takes place in the "wide world" or macrocosmos of politics and industrialism, and criticizes politics and the greed of the early industrialists. This play is composed of fragments, written by Goethe over a long period of time. It remains, with the second part, one of the most important works of German literature.
[DISCUSSION] Today's discussion is not going to be about the details of the text, or the history of the subject. Today, you're going to talk about yourselves, and what you would do if you were in Faust's situation.
So discuss: If you were presented with the opportunity, what would be worth your soul? What would you be willing to make a deal with the Devil over? And why?
***Assigned reading for next week: There will be no class on February 20, as it's apparently the celebration day of someone's President. However, you could get a head start on the following class, and read Frankenstein.***
Before the class is dismissed, Chaucer stands up in front to address them once more. "I want to let all of you know that I'll be leaving at Spring Break. Your new teacher will be attending class week after next, so you'll have the opportunity to meet him. I've had a wonderful time teaching all of you, and just having the opportunity to get to know you, and I want to thank you for what you've done to make my time here more enjoyable. Isabel, I especially want to thank you for all of your hard work as my TA for this class. I'm sure the new professor will appreciate and benefit from your abilities as much as I have."
CLASS ROSTER
Hamlet Dane Jr
Charlie Kawalsky
Isabel Evans
Alphonse Elric
Jessica Atreides
John Connor
Harry Potter
Auditing: Greg House
Independent Study: Phoebe Halliwell
Independent Study: Kiki Takayama
Professor Chaucer is looking better than he did last week which, considering the class didn't see him last week isn't saying much. His lecture is more subdued than usual, but he seems willing to answer questions and talk with the students.
Introduction to Western Literature, Lesson Six
[LECTURE] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar. He was born in 1749, and was one of the paramount figures of German literature and European Neo-classicism and Romanticism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The author of Faust and Theory of Colours, he inspired Darwin with his independent discovery of the human premaxilla jaw bones and focus on evolution. Goethe's influence spread across Europe, and for the next century his works were a primary source of inspiration in music, drama, and poetry.
Goethe's Faust, Part 1, (original title: Faust - der Tragödie erster Teil) is perhaps the best known version of the Faust story. Several hundred pages long, the play is a closet drama, meaning that it is meant to be read rather than performed. It is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many as the greatest work of German literature.
The play was preliminarily completed in 1806. The 1808 publication was followed by the revised 1828–1829 edition, which was the last to be edited by Goethe himself. Prior to these appeared a partial printing in 1790 of Faust, a Fragment. The earliest forms of the work, known as the Urfaust, were developed between 1772 and 1775; however, the details of that development are no longer entirely clear.
Faust (Latin Faustus) is the protagonist of a popular German tale of a pact with the Devil, assumed to be based on the figure of the early sixteenth century German magician and alchemist Dr. Johann Georg Faust. It has been used as the basis for many different fictional works, most notably by Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Mann, and Mikhail Bulgakov.
The story concerns the fate of a learned gentleman named Faust, who in his quest for forbidden or advanced knowledge of material things summons the Devil (represented by Mephistopheles, often also referred as Mephisto), who offers to serve him for a period of time, at the cost of Faust's soul.
Some scholars believe an anonymous German author wrote a prose volume (or 'chapbook') Historia von D. Iohan Fausten in 1587 (noting that the word 'historia' is Latin for German Geschichte, and implying a still earlier, independent source in the Latin language), which was then translated into English by a certain "P. F., Gent[leman]" in 1592 as The Historie of the damnable life, and deserved death of Doctor Iohn Faustus (this version has unfortunately not been preserved). It was this earlier work that Christopher Marlowe used for his somewhat more ambitious play, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, published circa 1600. Additionally, Marlowe borrowed from Acts and Monuments by John Foxe, on the exchanges between Pope Adrian and a rival pope. Another very possible inspiration of Marlowe's version is John Dee (1527-1609), who practised forms of alchemy and science and developed Enochian magic.
Along with Jacob Bidermann's Cenodoxus, published in 1602, Marlowe's version served to inspire the later Faust, Part 1 by Goethe, which may be considered the more definitive classical work.
A note about the second part of Geothe's play: throughout Part 1, Faust remains unsatisfied; the ultimate conclusion of the tragedy and the outcome of the wagers are only revealed in Faust Part 2. The first part represents the "small world" and takes place in the commoners' milieu, and presents a criticism of society. In contrast, Part 2 takes place in the "wide world" or macrocosmos of politics and industrialism, and criticizes politics and the greed of the early industrialists. This play is composed of fragments, written by Goethe over a long period of time. It remains, with the second part, one of the most important works of German literature.
[DISCUSSION] Today's discussion is not going to be about the details of the text, or the history of the subject. Today, you're going to talk about yourselves, and what you would do if you were in Faust's situation.
So discuss: If you were presented with the opportunity, what would be worth your soul? What would you be willing to make a deal with the Devil over? And why?
***Assigned reading for next week: There will be no class on February 20, as it's apparently the celebration day of someone's President. However, you could get a head start on the following class, and read Frankenstein.***
Before the class is dismissed, Chaucer stands up in front to address them once more. "I want to let all of you know that I'll be leaving at Spring Break. Your new teacher will be attending class week after next, so you'll have the opportunity to meet him. I've had a wonderful time teaching all of you, and just having the opportunity to get to know you, and I want to thank you for what you've done to make my time here more enjoyable. Isabel, I especially want to thank you for all of your hard work as my TA for this class. I'm sure the new professor will appreciate and benefit from your abilities as much as I have."
CLASS ROSTER
Hamlet Dane Jr
Charlie Kawalsky
Isabel Evans
Alphonse Elric
John Connor
Harry Potter
Independent Study: Phoebe Halliwell
Independent Study: Kiki Takayama
DISCUSSION
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John does not mention that he'd gladly make a certain deal with the devil.
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