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Faust I & II - Faust 2013
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Schedule for Discussions - Faust I & II (Goethe)
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We will devote two weeks of discussion each to parts one and two. Part Two is separated by Act numbers, but Part One is separated by scene names. The scene names, line numbers, and page numbers listed below are from the Norton Critical Edition, Second Edition, translated by Walter Arndt. If your edition varies significantly from these names and numbers, please post your questions and comments in the “Questions…” thread.
Week One – February 4, 2013
Faust Part One
Dedication, Prelude, and Prologue, pp. 3 – 11, lines 1 – 353
The Tragedy’s First Part. ‘Night’, p. 12, line 354, through ‘Auerbach’s Tavern in Leipzig’, ends on p. 62, line 2336
Week Two – February 11, 2013
Faust Part One
‘Witch’s Kitchen’, p. 63, line 2337 through ‘Dungeon’, ends on p. 133, line 4612
Week Three – February 18, 2013
Faust Part Two
Act I and II, pp. 135 – 240, lines 4613 - 8487
Week Four – February 25, 2013
Faust Part Two
Act III – V, pp. 241 – 344, lines 8488 - 12111
Conclusions and the two plays as a whole.