Study Materials – by Paul Brians

Second paper assignment

Note: This study guide is presented here as a historical document only. Paul Brians is retired and his courses are no longer offered by WSU.

Paper on Goethe’s Faust

Write a minimum of 1200 words about some aspect of Goethe’s Faust.

Design your own topic or choose one of the following, remembering that you will be expected to define your topic further, since most of these are very broad:

• Faust and Mephistopheles
• Faust and Gretchen
• Thought vs. Action
• Religion
• Humor
• Music
• Magic
• Classical Mythology

Again, if you have trouble choosing or defining a topic, ask for help.)

Remember to refresh your memory by checking your paper against “Helpful Hints for Writing Class Papers.” Especially note that Faust is written in verse, so that you need to use proper form for quoting poetry, as explained in “Helpful Hints,” item 15.

Pullman students turn in your papers at the beginning of class on the due date. On-line students outside of Pullman send your papers to me by the due date using “My DDP.”

Papers submitted on or before the due date may be revised to raise their grade.