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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen between the following
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module to be chosen between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module among the following (philology related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002951

Credits

9

Language

German de

Also offered in courses:

  • German literature 3 of the course Bachelor's degree in Languages and literatures for publishing and digital media

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/13 - GERMAN LITERATURE

The teaching is organized as follows:

Parte I

Credits

6

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere)

Academic staff

Peter Erwin Kofler

Parte II

Credits

3

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere)

Academic staff

Peter Erwin Kofler

Learning objectives

The course, which is completely held in German, is aimed at analysing authors, literary movements and texts of German literature from the 18th Century to Romanticism. At the end of the course students will be able to approach the texts from an intermedial and intercultural perspective and to properly express their knowledge in German language.

Prerequisites and basic notions

German literature 2
German language 2

Program

The course is held in German and aimes at analysing the history of the editions of J.W.Goethe's "Werther", the illustrations and the pathographic dimension of the novel.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
J.W.Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Paralleldruck der Fassungen von 1774 und 1787, Stuttgart, 1999.
- J.W.Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Faks.-Dr. der Erstausg. von 1774, Osnabrück, Editio Simile, 1971.
- J.W.Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Fotomechanischer Nachdruck der Ausgabe 1774, Leipzig, 2004.
- J.W.Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Edition der Handschrift von 1786, Weimar, 1999.
- Christiane Kröll u. Hartmut Schmidt, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers: Goethes Roman im Spiegel seiner Zeit (Ausstellungskatalog), Düsseldorf 1972.
- H. Haberland, Illustrationen zu Goethes Werken (Ausstellungskatalog), Frankfurt M., 1962.
- S. Kleinicke, Nikolaus Daniel Chodowieckis Illustrationen zu Goethes Werther-Roman, Hamburg, 1993.
- G. Jäger, Die Leiden des alten und neuen Werther, mit einem Beitrag von Jutta Assel zu den Werther-Illustrationen, München u.a., 1984.
- P. Kofler, "Pharmakon": il testo come medicina e veleno. Riflettendonsu "I dolori del giovane Werther" di Goethe con M. Foucault e J. Derrida, in: La malattia tra sintomo e simbolo: Racconti, immagini e luoghi di cura nella letteratura tedesca, a cura di I. Schiffermüller e.a., Verona 2011, pp. 1-20.

Further bibliography:
- G. E. Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück. Studienausgabe. Reclam oppure Nathan der Weise. Text und Kontext. Reclam.
- J. W. Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther. Text und Kontext. Reclam.
- Fr. Schiller, Kabale und Liebe. Text und Kontext. Reclam.
- L. Tieck, Der gestiefelte Kater. Reclam.

Handbooks:
- David Wellbery, Eine neue Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Wolfgang Beutin, Deutsche Literaturgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Metzler.

Didactic methods

Frontal lessons.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral exam in German lasting an average of thirty minutes.

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

Evaluation criteria

Ability to understand and analyze the texts in the program. Vote in thirtieths.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The course is not divided into modules.

Exam language

Tedesco. German.