Fall 2016 FIN-DE-SIÈCLE VIENNA: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND CULTURE UGS 302

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1 Fall 2016 FIN-DE-SIÈCLE VIENNA: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, AND CULTURE UGS 302 Instructor: Dr. Christopher Long Office: Sutton Hall Phone: Office Hours: T TH 10-11; and by appointment Time and Place: T TH 12:30-2:00; BTL 101 Description: The course will be taught in a combined lecture and seminar format. It will examine the rise of modernist culture and ideas (especially as they relate to the built environment) in Vienna and the wider Habsburg empire and how these ideas shaped our modern world. Educational Objectives: This course is to designed to introduce undergraduates to scholarly discourse and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective, especially as it relates to cultural and architectural history. It is also designed to improve students writing skills and reading comprehension. Course Requirements: Class attendance is required. Grades will be based on one mid-term examination (worth 20% of the final grade), three short papers (30%) one longer paper (10-12 pages, 30%; due on the final class day), and a comprehensive final examination (20%). Plus/minus grading will be used for this course. The core values of The University of Texas at Austin are learning, discovery, freedom, leadership, individual opportunity, and responsibility. Each member of the University is expected to uphold these values through integrity, honesty, trust, fairness, and respect toward peers and community. Cheating and plagiarism (using another person's words or ideas without proper attribution) are serious academic offenses and may result in a failing grade or expulsion from the university! If you are unsure about what constitutes plagiarism or have questions about how to employ source material in your papers, please consult with me. You may discuss your papers with your friends and I encourage you to do so but remember that the work you submit must be your own. If you have questions concerning these issues, please see the link to the University Honor Code: Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, ,

2 2 Note the following recommendations regarding emergency evacuation from the Office of Campus Safety and Security, , Occupants of buildings on The University of Texas at Austin campus are required to evacuate buildings when a fire alarm is activated. Alarm activation or announcement requires exiting and assembling outside. Familiarize yourself with all exit doors of each classroom and building you may occupy. Remember that the nearest exit door may not be the one you used when entering the building. Students requiring assistance in evacuation shall inform their instructor in writing during the first week of class. In the event of an evacuation, follow the instruction of faculty or class instructors. Do not re-enter a building unless given instructions by the following: Austin Fire Department, The University of Texas at Austin Police Department, or Fire Prevention Services office. Link to information regarding emergency evacuation routes and emergency procedures can be found at: Behavior Concerns Advice Line (BCAL): By UT Austin policy, you must notify me of your pending absence at least fourteen days prior to the date of observance of a religious holy day. If you must miss a class, an examination, a work assignment, or a project in order to observe a religious holy day, you will be given an opportunity to complete the missed work within a reasonable time after the absence. Required Readings: Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN Christopher Long, The Looshaus. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN Gregor von Rezzori, The Snows of Yesteryear. New York: NYRB Classics, ISBN Carl E. Schorske, Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN

3 3 Syllabus August Introduction: Modernism in Vienna August The Habsburg Empire and Its Architectural Legacies Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2013, xvii-159. September 1 3. The Central European Baroque Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2013, September 6 4. Vormärz: The Age of the Biedermeier xvii-23. Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2013, September 8 5. The Vienna Ringstrasse and Its Meanings Paper I is due

4 4 September Otto Wagner: The Making of A Modernist September Bourgeois Culture in Vienna September Stefan Zweig s The World of Yesterday Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2013, September The Vienna Secession I Gregor von Rezzori, The Snows of Yesteryear. New York: NYRB Classics, 2008, vii-140. September The Vienna Secession II Gregor von Rezzori, The Snows of Yesteryear. New York: NYRB Classics, 2008,

5 5 September Gregor von Rezzori s The Snows of Yesteryear Paper 2 is due Gregor von Rezzori, The Snows of Yesteryear. New York: NYRB Classics, 2008, October The New Art: Klimt October Writing practice October Writing practice October 13 No class October Mid-term exam October The New Art: Schiele and Kokoschka

6 6 October The New Music October 27 Final paper abstracts due! 18. Writing review Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, November Freud and His Discontents I Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, November Freud and His Discontents II Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, November The Wiener Werkstätte Paper 3 is due Christopher Long, The Looshaus. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011, ix-40. November Adolf Loos: The Modernism of the Everyday

7 7 Christopher Long, The Looshaus. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011,

8 8 November Ornament and Crime Christopher Long, The Looshaus. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011, November The Looshaus Christopher Long, The Looshaus. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2011, November An Alternative Modernism: Josef Frank and the Wiener Wohnkultur November 24 Thanksgiving November The New Space December Conclusion Final Papers Due Final exam: TDB

9 9 Instructions for the Papers Paper 1 (Due September 8; 3 pages) Please write a response to the essays in Carl Schorske s Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture you have read to this point. What is Schorske s theme? How does he make his argument? What evidence does he cite? How does his writing style contribute to his presentation? Paper 2 (Due September 29; 3 pages) How does Gregor von Rezzori s The Snows of Yesteryear illuminate the period before and after World War I? In what ways is it similar to Stefan Zweig s The World of Yesterday? How is it different? Is it more or less successful than Zweig s book? Do you find Rezzori s approach interesting and compelling? In what ways does the book not succeed? Paper 3 (Due November 8; 3 pages) Sigmund Freud is often described as the soul-doctor of Viennese bourgeois life. In what ways do Freud s ideas and his analysis of bourgeois culture parallel what you have read in other works in this class? In what ways does his analysis deviate from what we have seen and discussed. Do his ideas help us understand the advent of modernism and its meanings? Instructions for the Final Paper (Due December 1; 10 pages) Your final paper should explore some aspect of modern Viennese culture. Your paper should be approximately 10 pages in length, excluding notes. You may include photographs, drawings, and other forms of documentation, but these should not be counted in your page total. Papers should include a bibliography of all of the works you have consulted as well as endnotes. Please consult with me if you have any questions. An abstract of your final paper, approximately 250 words in length, is due on October 27. An abstract is a brief summary of your paper topic and its anticipated findings. See the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians in the Battle Hall library for examples.