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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
(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?
freedom
value of tradition
role of reason </aside>
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”
romanticism~
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)
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