Final syllabus for:
HUMA 592.02: Knowledge and Power, Lust and Love:
The Faust Legend and the Search for Fulfillment
(or the Pursuit of Happiness)
(The Reverend Robert E. Stiefel, Ph.D.)
Tuesday and Thursday, 2:10-3:30 PM,
Murkland G04
Each of the following dates includes the reading or writing required to be
completed before class-time and the topic(s) of the day’s discussion.
[Note: personal tutorials are always available with the professor by appointment
to discuss the reading or plan one of the papers.]
January 24, Tuesday: Introductions; The Faust Legend: What is it? Why now?
January 26, Thursday; German and English Faustbooks of 1587 and 1589.
Read: Wootton: Overview: pp. 151-154; Chapters 1-11; 17; 20;23; 26; [if possible, read
ahead into Part Three, Chapters 29-31 and etc. as assigned for the 31st.
Direct link to German Faustbook of 1587 (German and English translation):
http://lettersfromthedustbowl.com/Fbk1.html (Optional for those with curiosity…)
January 31, Tuesday: From the Faustbook to Marlowe.
Read: Wootton, Chapters 29-31; 45 ; 48-49; 55-57 ;61-63. Introduction, pp. vi-xxiv.
February 2, Thursday:
Read: Prologue and Acts I and II (Wootton, pp. 1-37).
February 7, Tuesday: Marlowe , The tragical History of Doctor Faustus.
Read: Act III, IV, and V (Wootton, pp. 38-66.
February 9, Thursday Marlowe and the Faust Books.
Due: 2 page response Paper on Faust Books + Marlowe.
February 14, Tuesday: : Goethe, Faust.
Read: Part 1: Pp. 1-40.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe
In class video: Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boito
February 16, Thursday: Goethe, Faust, Part 1, continued.
Read: Part 1: Pp. 40-83.
In class video: Murnau’s Faust (excerpts).
February 21, Tuesday: Goethe,, Faust Part 1, Concluded.
Read: Part 1: pp.83-119.
In class video: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlioz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_damnation_de_Faust
February 23, Thursday: Goethe: Faust, Part Two, Acts I and II (excerpts).
Read: Act I: 121-123; 158-168; Act II: 169-191; 196-198;
February 28, Tuesday: Goethe: Faust, Part 2: Acts III and IV (excerpts)
Read: Act III: 216-217; 232-253; Act IV: 254-261. Act V: 279-303.
March 1, Thursday: Goethe: Faust, Part 2, Act V (complete).
Read: Act V: 279-303.
In class listening: Mahler: Symphony #8, 2nd Mvt.. Closing scene of Pt. 2, Act V.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Mahler)
March 6, Tuesday: Goethe: Faust Parts 1 and 2: putting it all together,
March 8. Thursday: Goethe: special topics binding Parts I and 2.
March 13 – 15: SPRING BREAK.
After Spring Break Seminar Syllabus as of March 20, 2012
As agreed upon by students and professor . resulting in a two track
program: film studies OR Thomas Mann’s novel.
Each of the following dates includes the reading or writing required to be
completed before class-time and the topic(s) of the day’s discussion.
[Note: personal tutorials are always available with the professor by appointment
to discuss the reading or plan one of the papers.]
March 20, Tuesday: Goethe: Faust, Parts 1 and 2.
Read: Review, catch-up; ask questions. Check for e-mail from Robert.
March 22, Thursday: Goethe: Faust, Part 2.
Read: Review; close reading of Act V. Check for e-mail from Robert
March 27, Tuesday: Hogarth: A Rake’s Progress; Introduction to Igor Stravinsky.
Read: pp. 45-58; 59-63. [Optional pp. 63-74]. Check for e-mail from Robert.
Hogarth, A Rake’s Progress. [download pictures from online sites]’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rake%27s_Progress
March 29, Thursday: Stravinsky /Auden: The Rake’s Progress, beginning.
Read: Act I; Act II, Scenes 1 and 2 (pages 77-90 ) Check for e-mail from Robert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stravinsky
In class viewing: DVD (Act I, Act II, Scenes 1 and 2.
Due March 30, Friday: 4-6 page Goethe essay due by 11:59 PM.
April 3, Tuesday: Stravinsky / Auden: The Rake’s Progress, conclusion.
Read: Act II, Scene 3; Act III (pages 77-106. Check for e-mail from Robert.
In class viewing: DVD (Act II, Scene 3 and Act III)
April 5, Thursday: Final discussion session on The Rake’s Progress.
Due: April 6, Friday by 11:59 PM:
3-4 page response paper AND / OR critical essay on The Rake’s Progress
Note: April 6, Friday: Due by 11:59 PM:
3-4 page response paper AND / OR critical essay on Stravinsky/Auden.
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Attention: we now break up into two groups: film study or Thomas Mann.
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Group A: Film Studies.
Group B: Thomas Mann’s novel.
Group A: The Faust Legend retold in selected films.
[Please check daily for possible e-mail tips and assignments from Robert.
April 10, Tuesday Thomas Mann’s Dr. Faustus (TV mini-series adaptation ),
Part 1. Approx. 60 minutes; discussion.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann
Read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_%28Thomas_Mann_novel%29
Listen on Blackboard: Wagner and Beethoven excerpts in Course Documents.
April 12, Thursday: Thomas Mann’s Dr. Faustus (TV mini-series adaptation),
Part 2. Approx 60 minutes; discussion.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven
Listen on Blackboard: Schoenberg in Course Documents.
April 17, Tuesday: Thomas Mann’s Dr. Faustus (TV adaptation),
Part 3; Approx. 60 minutes; final discussion.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_%28Beethoven%29
Listen on Blackboard: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Course Documents.
April 19, Thursday: Svankmajer, Faust. (1994 film)
Beginning: Approx. 60 min.; initial discussion.
Due today: 2-3 page paper on Mann’s Dr. Faustus.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%C5%A0vankmajer
April 24, Tuesday: Svankmajer, Faust. (1994 film)
Conclusion, Approx. 37 min.; final discussion of film.
April 26, Thursday: Bedazzled (1967 film)
Beginning. Approx 65 min.; initial discussion of film.
Due today: 1-2 page paper on Svankmajer’s Faust.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedazzled_%281967_film%29
May 1: Tuesday:Bedazzled (1967 film)
Conclusion. Approx 40 min; final discussion of film.
May 3: Thursday: Damn Fine Finale Party with Redeeming Refreshments!
In class video: Damn Yankees (excerpts from the Broadway musical).
Desserts and snacks (don’t eat too much lunch…).
Class evaluations.
Due today: 1-2 page paper on Bedazzled.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees_%28film%29
Due: May 13, Sunday, by 11:59 PM, 5-6 page critical analysis paper as an e-mail
attachment (MSWord 2003 or 2007) to Robert.Stiefel@unh.edu .
You will have agreed upon your topic in consultation with Robert.
Possible topic areas or approaches:
a. of one of the films regarding plot/themes and/or cinema-graphic techniques;
or
b. of a topic common to 2 or more of them; or
c. examining cinema-graphic techniques contrasted in two or more films; or
d. choose a Faust film we have not studied in class and write about some aspect
of it.
Final requirement:
Some time before you leave campus, please write a 1-2 page letter to Robert letting
him know your evaluation of the experience of the Faust seminar. As usual, by e-mail
to Robert.Stiefel@unh.edu. He will not read this letter until after all grades have been submitte
Group B: Thomas Mann’s Dr. Faustus.
Remember to check before each 2-3 hour session for possible e-mails from Robert.
April 11: Wednesday Mann, Doctor Faustus 1-20:
Read: Invocation and Chapters 1-20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_%28Thomas_Mann_novel%29
Albrecht Duerer (Melancholia, self portraits):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCrer ;
http://www.albrecht-durer.org/
[self portraits and “Melancholai” on 1st page.]
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 32, Op 111.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._32_(Beethoven)
April 18, Wednesday: Mann, Doctor Faustus 21 -33
Read: Chapters 21-33.
In class listening: Schoenberg and serialism in music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialism
April 25, Wednesday: Mann, Doctor Faustus, 41 – Epilogue.
Read: Chapters 41 – Epilogue..
In class listening: Beethoven, Symphony #9, Op. 125, “Choral.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven%27s_Ninth_Symphony
Find your topic and begin to plan and draft your final paper now!
May 2, Wednesday: Duerer’s Apocalypse and Schnittke’s Historia.
Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_(D%C3%BCrer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnittke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_von_D._Johann_Fausten_(opera)
In class listening: excerpts from Schnittke’s Historia.
Present your final topic to the group, with commentary.
Class evaluations.
May 4, Friday: Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert at Symphony Hall.
Leave: Durham, MUB, at 3 PM – travel as a group.
Supper: together at Whole Foods, 5:oo -6:30.
Concert: 6:30 to Symphony Hall; Concert begins at 7 PM.
Program: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (see: “The Rake’s Progress”)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in d minor, “Choral”
(Mann’s “Faustus”)
Due: May 19, Saturday, by 11:59 PM:
8-10 page critical essay on Mann’s Doctor Faustus.
You will have agreed upon your topic in consultation with Robert.
Final Paper: due no later than 11:59 PM Friday, May 11th as an e-mail
attachment (MSWord 2003 or 2007) to Robert.Stiefel@unh.edu .
Final requirement:
Some time before you leave campus, please write a 1-2 page letter to Robert letting
him know your evaluation of the experience of the Faust seminar. As usual, by e-mail
to Robert.Stiefel@unh.edu. He will not read this letter until after all grades have been
submitted.