Article
“Teaching Goethe’s Faust, Parts I and II"
Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture, 1780-1840
(2018)
Abstract
This essay offers a guide for teaching Parts I and II of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Romantic-era drama, Faust, to undergraduate students with no knowledge of German. Throughout the essay, I discuss ways to make Faust accessible to students, and include information about the best available editions and translations; possible reading and writing assignments; the supplementary use of film clips and various film productions; and how to interpret the drama through allegorical motifs such as the redemptive power of love, the Eternal Feminine, and dualities.
Keywords
- Romanticism,
- drama,
- pedagogy,
- teaching,
- Goethe,
- Faust
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer July 30, 2018
Publisher Statement
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Citation Information
Wendy Nielsen. "“Teaching Goethe’s Faust, Parts I and II"" Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture, 1780-1840 (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wendy-nielsen/14/