Exploring The Magic Mountain | Ep. 04 | Chapter 4 part 1 of Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain

This video is part of a long-term close-reading project on Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain". The whole project will have a duration of about a year. All details are explained in an introductory video here:

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There are also parallel videos in German and Italian. Please check out the playlists.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Excursus on the Nature of Time
10:47 Hans Castorp
13:55 Lodovico Settembrini
19:56 Digression in Giacomo Leopardi
23:48 Hans & Settembrini
25:00 Dr. Behrens & Dr. Krokowski
27:30 Joachim Ziemßen
29:46 Major themes of the novel
30:45 Motivs and leitmotivs
34:04 Speculations on the Polka
35:28 Outlook


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