| week |
date |
readings |
required? (lines) |
comments |
| 1 Introduction |
Jan 13 |
none |
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| 2 Erdgeist |
Jan 20 |
Faust, Pt. I: Dedication Prelude in the Theater |
no (1–242) |
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| Prologue in Heaven Night Outside the City Gate |
yes (243–1177) |
if possible, read Jan 27 selections as well |
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| 3 Mephisto |
Jan 27 |
Faust's Study i Faust's Study ii |
yes (1178–2072) |
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| 4 Gretchen |
Feb 3 |
Auerbach's Tavern |
no (2073–2336) |
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| Witch's Kitchen Street |
yes (2337–2677) |
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| Evening, On a Walk, The Neighbor's House, Street |
no (2678–3072) |
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| Garden A Garden Pavilion Forest & Cave |
yes (3073–3373) |
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| Gretchen's Chamber, Marthe's Garden, At the Well, By the City Wall, Night (Street in front of Gretchen's Door) |
no (3374–3775) |
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| Cathedral Walpurgis Night |
yes (3776–4222) |
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| Walpurgis Night's Dream |
no (4223–4398) |
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|
Dreary Day—A Field (pp. 126–7), Night (Open Field) Dungeon |
yes (4399–4612) |
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| 5 Boy Charioteer |
Feb 10 |
Pt. II, Act I: Charming Landscape Imperial Residence Spacious Hall |
yes (4613–5986) |
read as much of "Spacious Hall" as you can |
| 6 The Mothers |
Feb 17 |
Pleasance (Park) Dark Gallery Brightly Lit Ballrooms Hall of Chivalry |
yes (5987–6565) |
|
| 7 Homunculus |
Feb 24 |
Act II: Narrow, High-Vaulted Gothic Chamber |
no (6566–6818) |
|
| Laboratory Classical Walpurgis Night |
yes (6819–7079) |
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| On the Upper Peneios |
no (7080–7248) |
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| On the Lower Peneios On the Upper Peneios, as before Rocky Inlets of the Aegean Sea |
yes (7249–8487) |
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| 8 Helena |
Mar 3 |
Act III: Before the Palace of Menelaus at Sparta | no (8488–9126) |
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| Inner Courtyard of a Castle (A) Arcadia (Inner Courtyard of a Castle B) |
yes (9127–10038) |
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| 9 Power & War |
Mar 10 |
Act IV: High Mountains |
yes (9574–10344) |
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| In the Foothills The Rival Emperor's Tent |
no (10039–11042) |
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| 10 Eternal Feminine |
Mar 17 |
Act V: all |
yes (11043–12111) |
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| required readings from Naydler: Goethe on Science |
pages |
comments |
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| 11 |
Mar 31 |
Preface, Introduction, Ch. 1 |
9–35 |
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| 12 |
Apr 7 |
Chs. 2 – 4 |
36–69 |
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| 13 |
Apr 14 |
Chs. 5, 6 |
70–102 |
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| 14 |
Apr 21 |
Chs. 7 – 10 |
103–128 |
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