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Teaching code

4S002913

Credits

9

Language

German de

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE

Period

Semester 1  dal Oct 2, 2017 al Jan 20, 2018.

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to present the most important literary and cultural tendencies of the 19th Century within the German-speaking literature.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- read and understand literary works in their original version;
- comment precisely themes and motifs from a critical and historical point of view;
- interpret in German the themes or texts, which will be analyzed during the course.

Program

During this seminar (frontal lesson) students will learn about the most important theoretical as well as literary principles of the German speaking literature of the 19th century. Aim of the course is also the analysis of the basic aesthetic categories of this period, such as the concepts of "Progressive Universalpoesie", “Sehnsucht”, “Fantasie”, “Romantisierung” and “romantische Ironie”. Besides, students will examine the Romantic Age also in contrast with the main features of the literature of the Weimarer Klassik. Furthermore, the course will investigate both literary movements "Vormärz" and "Realismus" and will focus on the aesthetic revolution of the "Gesamtkunstwerk" too.
Program of study:
- Friedrich Schlegel: "Das 116. Athenäums-Fragment" (Progressive Universalpoesie) [1798] (whole text);
- Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg): Excerpts from "Heinrich von Ofterdingen" [1802] and "Hymnen an die Nacht" [1800];
- Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué: "Undine" [1811] (whole text);
- E.T.A. Hoffmann: Excerpts from "Fantasiestücke in Callot’s Manier" [1814-15], especially from the cycle "Kreisleriana";
- Joseph von Eichendorff: "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" [1826] (whole text), selected poems;
- Heinrich Heine: Excerpts from "Die romantische Schule" [1833], selected poems;
- Georg Büchner: "Lenz" [1835] (whole text), excerpts from "Dantons Tod" [1835];
- Richard Wagner: Excerpts from "Die Kunst und die Revolution" [1849] and "Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft" [1850];
- Eduard Mörike: "Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag" [1856] (whole text);
- Theodor Fontane: Excerpts from "Effi Briest" [1894].

Those students who cannot attend the lectures must deepen their knowledges about a historical-literary theme, which is to agree with the professor. Besides, they have to read two extra literary works, which can be chosen among following texts: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Die Wahlverwandtschaften [1809]; Ludwig Tieck: Der gestiefelte Kater [1797], Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen [1798]; E.T.A. Hoffmann: Der Sandmann [1815]; Georg Büchner: Woyzeck [1837]; Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: Die Judenbuche [1842]; Eduard Mörike: Maler Nolten [1832]; Gottfried Keller: Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe [1856], Kleider machen Leute [1874]; Gerhart Hauptmann: Die Weber [1892].

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Joseph von Eichendorff Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts Reclam 2001 978-3-15-002354-9
Wolfgang Beutin et. al. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (Edizione 8) Metzler 2013 978-3-476-02453-4
David E. Wellbery Eine neue Geschichte der deutschen Literatur WBG 2013 978-3-650-40035-2
Marino Freschi La Letteratura Tedesca Il Mulino 2008 978-88-15-11998-8
Georg Büchner Lenz Reclam 2017 978-3-15-019176-7
Eduard Mörike Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag Reclam 2006 978-3-15-004741-5
Anton Reininger Storia della letteratura tedesca fra l'Illuminismo e il Postmoderno Rosenberg & Sellier 2005 88-7011-953-X
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué Undine Reclam 2001 978-3-15-000491-3

Examination Methods

The examination is oral and will be taken in German. During the exam, students should demonstrate a good knowledge of the selected literary works and they should be able to compare themes, motifs, authors and literary trends.
Students who do not attend the course have to prepare the same program of study, but they must complete it with two additional literary works.
Erasmus Students agree an own program with the lecturer.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE