CHID 498 B: Special Colloquia

**COURSE WITHDRAWN** "THE NAKED TRUTH: CRISIS AND DISSOLUTION IN VIENNA 1900" TAUGHT BY KYE TERRASI TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA WAS AN ERA OF CONTRADICTIONS, MARKED BY BOTH CRISIS AND GRANDEUR. THIS COURSE WILL FOCUS ON AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXAMINATION OF MAJOR THEMES FROM THE PERIOD, SUCH AS SEXUALITY, GENDER, DECAY AND RENEWAL, AND THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY AND LANGUAGE. WRITERS AND ARTISTS SUCH AS GUSTAV KLIMT, ARTHUR SCHNITZLER AND SIGMUND FREUD SOUGHT TO DELVE BENEATH VIENNA'S ELEGANT SURFACE AND TO HOLD UP A MIRROR TO SOCIETY IN ORDER TO REVEAL THE 'NAKED TRUTH'.