FrederickSchiller
Pre-reading
FrederickSchiller (1759-1805) wasaleadingGermandramatist, poet, philosopher, (1788-1805), Schiller’sfriendshipwiththealreadyfamousandinfluentialJohannWolfgangGoethe, ; SchillerencouragedGoethetofinishworksheleftassketches, , whichbecametheleadingtheaterinGermany.
TheircollaborationhelpedleadtoarenaissanceofdramainGermany.
SchillerisnowbestrememberedforsuchdramasasTheRobbers (1781), theWallensteintrilogy (1800-1801), MariaStuart (1801), andWilhelmTell (1804).HisworkOntheAestheticEducationofManinaSeriesofLetters (1794) isaphilosophicalinquiryintowhathadgonewrong, , byfirsttouchingtheirsoulswithbeauty, anideathatisalsofoundinhispoemDieKünstler (TheArtists): “OnlythroughBeauty’smorning-gate, dostthoupenetratethelandofknowledge.”
InSeptember2008, SchillerwasvotedbytheaudienceoftheTVchannelARTEasthesecondmostimportantplaywrightinEuropeafterWilliamShakespeare.
PromptsforYourReading
1.HowmanylayersofmeaningcanyouinterpretinParagraph1?
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3.WhatisthepointoftheexampleinParagraph3?
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7.WhatisthefunctionofParagraph8?
8.WhatdoyouthinkofParagraph9andParagraph10? Howdotheyfitintothewholepassage?
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