Tu. Jan. 27

Course Objectives; Syllabus; Turn-of-the-Century Vienna in U.S. Culture

Th. Jan. 29

The Ringstraße & Austrian Biedermeier Culture [read Schorske, ch. 2, pp. 24-72]
Cultural History: Biedermeier Furniture & Painting

Tu. Feb. 3

Architectural Modernism:  Otto Wagner & Adolf Loos [read Schorske, ch. 2, pp. 72-110

Th. Feb. 5

Class Structure of Viennese Society; Cultural Values; “Center” & Margins [read Schorske, ch. 3]
Cultural History: The Croissant

Tu. Feb. 10

The Concept of the Individual (Mach) and Psychoanalysis (Freud) [read Schorske, ch. 4]
Cultural History: The Jelly Donut

Th. Feb. 12

The Interpretation of Dreams [read Freud: excerpt from Dora & “Hysteria & Bisexuality”]
Cultural History: Viennese Bread

Tu. Feb. 17

Coffeehouses & Literary Culture [read Schorske, ch. 1]
Cultural History: Viennese Coffee

Vienna & the Military Tradition [read Lt. Gustl in reader]
Cultural History: Johann Strauss Sr.’s Radetsky Marsch

Tu. Feb. 24

Schnitzler’s La Ronde:  [read text]
Cultural History: Meals in Turn-of-the-Century Viennese Culture

Th. Feb. 26

Crisis of Language [read Hofmannsthal’s Letter of Lord Chandos]
Cultural History: Hotel Sacher & the Sachertorte

Tu. Mar. 3

Homoeroticism and Cultural Hegemony [read first half Musil’s Young Törless]
Cultural History: Weenies (Wiener Wurstl)

Th. Mar. 5

Homoeroticism and Cultural Hegemony, cont’d [finish reading Musil’s Young Törless]
Cultural History: Viennese Fingers

Tu. Mar. 10

In-Class Midterm Examination

Th. Mar. 12

CLASS CANCELLED

Tu. Mar. 24

The Viennese Waltz [listening assignment: Johann Strauß, Jr. waltzes]: bring leather-soled shoes to class.
Cultural History: Dancing the Viennese Waltz

Th. Mar. 26

The Viennese Operetta [start with Fledermaus]

Tu. Mar. 31

Johann Strauß, Jr.’s Die Fledermaus [read libretto]

Th. Apr. 2

Johann Strauß, Jr.’s Die Fledermaus [listen to music]

Tu.Apr.7                     

Viennese Opera:  Hofmannsthal/Richard Strauß’s Der Rosenkavalier [read libretto]

Th. Apr. 9

Viennese Opera: R. Strauss’s Music to the Rosenkavalier[listen to music of Act III]

Tu. Apr. 14

Viennese Lieder: Chinoiserie. Mahler’s Song of the Earth/Das Lied von der Erde [read texts]

Th. Apr. 16

Viennese Lieder: Mahler’s Song of the Earth [listen to music]

Tu. Apr. 21

Monday Schedule. No Class.

Th. Apr. 23

Klimt [read Schorske, ch. 5] [images on u-drive]

Tu. Apr. 28

Landscape Painting; Klimt’s Landscapes [images on u-drive]

Th. Apr. 30

Arts & Crafts Movements: Wiener Werkstätte for Design [images on u-drive]

Expressionism: Schiele [images on u-drive]

Th. May 7

Expressionism: Kokoschka [Schorske on Kokoschka in ch. 7] [images on u-drive]

Tu. May 12

Last Class:  Evaluations & Summary

Finals Period

Final examination as scheduled