HUM201: Exam #1 - background information

when did goethe live?

1749 - 1832

what type of degree did goethe have?

law

what is faust based on?

legend is loosely based on the life of

**Johann Georg Faust** (c 1480–1540),

an alchemist and practitioner of necromancy

what is the sorrows of young werther?

* by goethe
* story very famous across europe
* early romantic work
* sturm and drang

what does sturm and drang mean?

storm and stress

when did goethe begin writing faust part 1?

1772

when did goethe publish faust part 1?

1808

when did goethe begin faust part 2?

1827

what genre is faust?

early romanticism

what genre is frankenstein?

gothic novel

what genre did mary shelly usually write?

romanticism

what is notable about mary shelly’s lineage?

her parents were william godwin and mary wallstonecraft

her husband was percy burche shelly

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(all notable figures / writers at the time)

what was mary shelly’s most famous work?

frankenstein

when did mary shelly live?

1797 - 1851

why was frankenstein written?

One summer (1816) they went to a vacation home in switzerland.

It ended up being a dreary summer; and they read german ghost stories.

So her, lord byron, and percy shelly had a competition on who can write the best thriller.

when was frankenstein published?

1818

when was faust part 2 published?

1832, right before goethe’s death

how long did it take goethe to write faust?

practically the whole of Goethe's literary life, 57 years.

It was finally finished when Goethe was 81.

what type of literary work was faust?

a dramatic poem rather than a piece for the stage.

who was the leading philosopher of the french revolution?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Russo)

who was the leading philosopher of the american revolution?

john locke

what was russo’s philosophy on freedom?

don’t give up your freedom when joining a society---it’s self justifying

what was locke’s philosophy on freedom?

all people are originally free---it’s bounded by law

what is the role of reason?

* gender
* marriage
* abortion
* medical
* clone
* transhuman
* genetic engineering
* environmental
* technology
* virtual reality / social media
* body and place don’t matter
* we leave the physical world

what is the long 19th century?

**1800:** period of consolodating democratic

**1848:** revolutions acorss continent

**~ waves of revolutions ~**

**1914:** continued democratic growth and democratic reform

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then there was the demonic form of **nationalism** → autononomy: my will being supreme (WWI)

**nationalism & communism** → WWI & WWII

**Cold War**: fight against versions of freedom

**Ukraine and Russia**

what was meliander’s “strong” statement about the 19th century? (it seems important but idk how to make it a question)

*nationalism is the most powerful idealology of the 19th century.*

what do the american and french revolutions mean for the future?

french and american revolutionary wars set stage for future westernism

what were the big themes of the long 19th century?

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* freedom
* value of tradition
* role of reason

what was the (famous?) picture (painting?) that we pondered on the first day of frankenstein and what is it’s importance?

“wanderer above the sea of fog”

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*romanticism~*

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the mysteriousness, the unknown, the emotion, etc.

time of things so far:

**goethe** (1749 - 1832)

**romanticism starts** in germany (1750)

**american revolution** (1775)

**french revolution** (1789)

**mary shelley** (1797 - 1851)

**faust part 1** is published (1808)

**frankenstein** is published (1818)

faust part 2 is published (1832)

**romanticism** **ends** (1850)