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Department of History  

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Professor Lamar Cecil. 
Office:Newcomb 1. 
Office Hours: Tuesday 10-1, Thursday 10-1 and at any other time by chance of appointment.

The following books are to be purchased: Erich Eyck, Bismarck; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sorrows of Young Werther; Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks; Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front. 

Grades will be computed as follows: first paper, 20%; second paper 20%; mid-term 25%; final examination 35%.

SCHEDULE:

Th Jan 6 - Political Geography of Germany

Tu Jan 11 - The German Courts
Th Jan 13 - The Triumph of Prussia

Tu Jan 18 - Germany and the French Revolution
Th Jan 20 - Waterloo and Vienna

Tu Jan 25 - Vormärz
Th Jan 27 - Goethe and the Romantic Movement
     read Goethe 

Tu Feb. 1 - The Hungry Forties
Th Feb. 3 - 1848 and its Legacy

Tu Feb. 8 - Mid-Term Examination
Th Feb. 10 - The Era of Reaction

Tu Feb. 22 - Bismarck
     read Eyck, chs. 1,2 
Th Feb. 24 - The Wars of Unification  First Paper Due
     read Eyck, ch. 3

Tu Feb. 29 - Bismarck and the Consolidation of Germany
     read Eyck, ch. 4/1-7
Th Mar. 2 - Bismarck and the Consolidation of Europe
     read Eyck, ch. 4/8-10 

Tu Mar. 7 -  Agriculture, Industry and Socialism
Th Mar. 9 - A World of Privilege

Tu Mar. 14 - At Home among the Hohenzollerns
     read Eyck, ch. 4/11-14
Th Mar. 16 - Dropping the Pilot
     read Eyck, ch. 4/15

Tu Mar. 21 - The Epigones  Second Paper Due
     read Mann
Th Mar. 23 - The Encirclement of Germany

Tu Mar. 28 - The Approach of War
Th Mar. 30 - Götterdämmerung
     read Remarque
 

The first paper, due Thursday, Feb. 24th, should be approximately four printed pages in length.  Werther, the hero of Goethe's novel of that name, is considered to be the distillation of the "romantic personality."  It is his characteristics that define the movement.  You are asked to write a paper identifying Werther's distinguishing characteristics, his enthusiams, his fears, his intellectual, religious, moral (etc.) ideas.  Conclude your paper by giving your opinion of what you think of such a personality.

The second paper, due Tuesday, Mar. 21st, concerns Mann's novel Buddenbrooks, the chronicle of the decline of a once rich and proud family.  In a paper of approximately six printed pages, describe first the sort of values to which the various members of the family subscribe.  What do they value, what (or what sort of people) do they like and dislike, on what do they place their trust.  Then proceed to analyze why it is that this family, once so solid, falls into decline.