A Debate on Romanticism and August Wilhelm Schlegel

Mar 1, 2017 | 4:30PM

The Department of Comparative Literature is delighted to announce a debate on

Romanticism and August Wilhelm Schlegel

Wednesday March 1, 2017
Cobb 103, 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Speakers

Michael Forster (University of Chicago, University of Bonn): Romanticism and the Birth of Tragedy

Françoise Meltzer (University of Chicago): August Wilhelm Schlegel and the Idea of Europe

Thomas Pavel (University of Chicago): August Wilhelm Schlegel, critic of Racine

Maximilien Novak (University of Chicago): A. W. Schlegel and Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy :  Shakespeare the German Bildung.

François Thomas (University of Bonn): A.W. Schlegel and F. Nietzsche: Language, Rhythm and Translation