Teacher
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SAMPAOLO GIOVANNI
(syllabus)
Heine, Büchner, and Nietzsche. From the “Death of Art” to nihilism
The class deals with three German XIXth century authors who influenced considerably the European culture of their time or the culture of the following two centuries. Heinrich Heine’s poetry with its ironical, unromantic mood is a fundamental model of modern poetry, even for Baudelaire. The students will read all plays by Georg Büchner, dead at 23 in 1836, who was appreciated only by XXth century avantgarde for his innovative theatrical language with its mix of nihilism and social trend. The “artist”-thinker Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote his works in only 16 years between 1872 and 1888, belongs deeply to XXth century critic of values. The students will read his main early works, among these the famous “Birth of Tragedy”.
(reference books)
HEINRICH HEINE • Idee. Il libro Le Grand (Classici Giunti) • Poesie nella dispensa GEORG BÜCHNER • Teatro. La morte di Danton-Leonce e Lena-Woyzeck (Adelphi editore) • Lenz (Adelphi editore) FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE • La nascita della tragedia (Adelphi editore o qualsiasi altra edizione) • Sull’utilità e il danno della storia per la vita (Adelphi editore o altre edizioni) • Su verità e menzogna in senso extramorale (alias Su verità e menzogna) • David Strauss. L'uomo di fede e lo scrittore (Adelphi edizioni) LETTERATURA CRITICA • Dispensa (contenente anche le poesie di Heine) • N.B. ULTERIORI INDICAZIONI SULLA LETTERATURA CRITICA VERRANNO FORNITE PRIMA DELL’INIZIO DEL CORSO
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