GN 264 Topics for Power Point Presentation

Historical Background of the Nibelungenlied (Names and Places)

Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen

The Volsunga Saga (The Story of the Volsungs)

Germanic Gods

Fritz Lang, Biography

 

Astronomy and Astrology in the 15th Century

Alchemy in the 15th Century

Paracelsus

The Historical Faust

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust

Thomas Mann, Doctor Faustus

Faust and Expressionism: F. W. Murnau's Silent Film Faust

Istvan Szabo's Film Mephisto

The Faust Motive in Music

Goethe, Biography

Romanticism - Sturm und Drang

The Romantic Hero in World Literature

Fashion at the Time of Goethe

The Werther Effect in the Past and Today

The Stab-in-the Back Legend (Dolchstoßlegende)

The Nazis and Germanic Mythology

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