This module will examine a representative selection of German literature from the Enlightenment to the late nineteenth century, focusing on the question of how important literary epochs, from the Enlightenment itself to Poetic Realism, have engaged with and 'debated' the concept of Enlightenment. The module introduces students to texts by renowned German authors in order to offer a broad overview of the period. It explicitly links key literary and intellectual movements, while at the same time complementing the core modules GERM0013 - Love, Violence and Laughter: Medieval and Early Modern German Literature and Culture up to 1740 and GERM0015 - The Challenge of Modernity: Literature and Culture from 1870 to the Present.

GERM 0014: Primary Texts

For A-level students:

Immanuel Kant: ‘Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?’ Milton Keynes: Marston Gate (or any edition)
	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Emilia Galotti. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)
	Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust I. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)
	Friedrich Schiller: Wilhelm Tell. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)
	E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der goldne Topf. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)
	Heinrich von Kleist: Die Marquise von O… Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)
	Georg Büchner: Woyzeck. Stuttgart: Reclam (or any edition)
	Poetry by set authors (Joseph von Eichendorff; Heinrich Heine; Annette von Droste-Hülshoff) will be provided on Moodle
For Ab Initio Students:

Immanuel Kant: ‘An Answer to the Question, “What is Enlightenment?” Trans. H. B. Nisbet. London: Penguin, 2013.
	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Emilia Galotti. A Tragedy in Five Acts. Trans. Edward Dvoretzky. New York: German Book Center, 1979.
	Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust. The First Part of the Tragedy. Trans. David Constantine. London: Penguin, 2005.
	Friedrich Schiller: William Tell. In Schiller Volume Three: Joan of Arc, William Tell. Trans. Robert David MacDonald. London: Oberon, 2005.
	E. T. A. Hoffmann: The Golden Pot and Other Tales. Trans. Ritchie Robertson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
	Heinrich von Kleist: ‘The Marquise of O.’ in Selected Writings. Trans. David Constantine. London: J. M. Dent, 1997.
	Georg Büchner: Woyzeck. A New Translation by Dan Farrelly. Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2004.
	Poetry by set authors (Joseph von Eichendorff; Heinrich Heine; Annette von Droste-Hülshoff) will be provided on Moodle