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Course Syllabus [click here]
Course Calendar
at a Glance
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Week 1 (1/13)
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Lesson
1 Topography
and
Timeline
of Expressionism
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Week 2 (1/20)
Text
by
Dube,
Pinthus
6 Poems
(3 MB
pdf)
Book
6-53
(29 MB
pdf)
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Lesson
2
- Student Talks
short biographies of
expressionist writers and artists, etc.
Topics
and Motifs of the Expressionist Revolution: Vatermord, Bürger, Kranke, Irre, Genies
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Week 3 (1/27)
Text
by
Dube,
Pinthus
(Film
scene Caligari)
7 Poems
(3 MB
pdf)
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Lesson
3
- Student Talks Topics and Motifs of the
Expressionist Revolution: Krieg, Gefangene, Wandlung, Neuer Mensch
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Week 4 (2/3)
Text
by
Dube,
Pinthus
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Lesson
4
Present two research articles from library databases
Goals
and Utopias of Expressionism: Aktivismus,
Intensität, Konstruktivismus.
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Week 5 (2/10)
Text
by
Dube,
Pinthus
(Film
scene Nosferatu)
3 Poems
(.5 MB
pdf)
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Lesson
5
- Student Talks Goals and Utopias of
Expressionism. Natur, Erotik,
Ich-Kult.
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Week 6 (2/17)
Text by
web hand-outs
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Lesson
6
&
Examen
- Student Talks
Failure
of the Expressionist Revolution. Ideologische
Unklarheit, Manierismus.
Exam 1
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Week 7 (2/24)
Text
by
DADA
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- Student Talks Introduction to Dadaism:
Zurich, Berlin. Paris, New York
Writing: Sketch 3 possible
Final Paper projects
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Week 8 (3/3)
Text
by
DADA
(Film
scenes DADA)
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- Student Talks DADA Motifs: Groteske, Grosstadt, Wissenschaft, Technik
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Week 9 (3/17)
Text
by
DADA
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Research book choice & preview
MERZ-DADA,
Bauhaus Art.
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Week 10 (3/24)
Text by
Brecht
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- Student Talks Introduction: Brecht, Weimar
Germany, and Exile Culture
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Week 11 (3/31)
Text
by
Brecht
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- Student Talks Brecht and the Ant-Fascist
Front. Antifa Kunst.
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Week 12 (4/7)
Text
by
Borchert
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- Student Talks
Introduction
to Germany 1945. Kahlschlag
und Wiederaufbau.
Exam 2
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Week 13 (4/14)
Text
by
Borchert
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Present research book review
Post-War
Expressionism. Theater, Prosa, Kunst
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Week 14 (4/21)
Text
by
Jelinek
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- Student Talks Introduction to Postmodern Expressionist
Protest Literature and Art.
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Week 15 (4/28)
Text
by
Jelinek
(Film Klavier-spielerin)
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Present Final Paper projects
Topics
and Motifs of the
Postmodern Expressionists: Patriarchat, Frauen, Gewalt, Medien
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Week 16 (5/5)
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Writing: 5-page Final
Paper
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Department of German, Russian, and Japanese Studies
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro
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Erich
Heckel (1883-1970), Schwimmer. Kurz nach 1900 wurde eine
junge Generation von deutschen Dichtern und Künstlern von einem neuen
Lebensgefühl erfaßt, dessen Literatur und Kunst oft mit dem Schlagwort “Expressionismus”
bezeichnet wird. Expressionistische Dichter, Maler und Musiker hatten wenig
Interesse an realistischer Gestaltung, sondern stellten lieber subjektive
Erfahrungen und individualistische Perspektiven dar. Erich Heckel gründete
1905 die Künstlergruppe „Brücke“ zusammen mit Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst
Ludwig Kirchner, und Fritz Bleyl. Wie die anderen „Brücke“-Künstler
malte Heckel gern idyllische Landschaften, wo Menschen und Umwelt
harmonisch zusammenpassen. Die Einheit von Mensch und Natur ist ein Motiv
vieler seiner Gemälde. [Brücke Museum Berlin-Dahlem]
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Description and Syllabus
German Expressionism in Literature
and Art. This
German Studies Consortium course focuses on Expressionism as a literary and
artistic revolution that began in central Europe during the first decade of
the 20th century, and ended with its demise in the wake of World War I, an
era of great dramatic political, cultural, and artistic turbulence. The
Expressionist movement emphasized activist ideals, harmonious symbioses of
nature and culture, and subjective experiences and emotive pathos over
materialist comforts and conformist realities. Young artists like Käthe Kollwitz, Kokoschka, Marc, Heckel, Gabriele Münter, and Kandinsky, and writers like Brecht, Toller, Else Lasker-Schüler, Wolfgang Borchert and, more recently, Elfriede Jelinek gained significant influence. This
course traces the rise and fall of the expressionist revolution, followed by
post-expressionist movements, including DADA and Neue Sachlichkeit in the
1920s and 1930s, and neo-expressionist trends after 1945. [more]
Course Textbooks [here]
Research Tools. Online tools for study and database
searches [more]
Course Bibliography [here]
Grading [here]
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Course Instructor
Professor Andreas
Lixl
Short
Biography
Resume
Cultural and Historical Background
(English and German)
German Studies
Consortium
[information]
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