Georg Buchner Flashcards
When was Buchner born and when did he die?
Born: 1813
Died: 1837
What did Buchner specialise in at university?
Anatomy and Zoology.
What pamphlet did Buchner write and when?
The Hessian Courier
1834
Finish the line from Buchner’s pamphlet.
‘Peace to the huts! War on the ——’
Palaces.
How did Buchner die?
Typhoid Fever (Typhus).
A bacterial disease, often injested via polluted water.
What revolutionary group did Buchner join?
‘The society for human rights.’
Why did Buchner write ‘Woyzeck’?
To expose how the petit-bourgeois oppresses the proletariat, using hypocrisy and injustice.
Why did Buchner create the character of the Doctor?
He wanted to parody society’s obsession with reductionism and empiricism, something he may have seen within his father.
What movement did Buchner disapprove of?
Enlightenment movement.
