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Lecturer(s)
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Kvapil Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Hrdličková Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The development of drama: Hebbel vs. Stifter 2. Realism I 3. Realism II: novel types such as the Bildungsroman and the Gesellschaftsroman 4. Modernism and naturalism 5. Counterpoints to naturalism: symbolism, dadaism, Viennese modernism, impressionism 6. Expressionism and activism: poetry; the Stationendrama 7. Thomas, Heinrich, and Klaus Mann 8. Literature of the Weimar Republic 9. Austrian literature from 1918 to 1938 10. Swiss literature from 1848 to1938 11. Prague German Literature 12. Brecht's epic theatre: its concept, characteristics, and influence 13. Literature in the years 1933-1945: exile centres, key authors, themes
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course covers the development of German-language literature from 1848 to 1945 in Austria (i.e. the Austrian, later Austro-Hungarian monarchy, and the Austrian Republic) and in Germany (i.e. the German Reich, the Weimar Republic, and the so-called Third Reich). We will cover German bourgeois realism, naturalism, and its counterpoints such as the Viennese modernism, impressionism, neo-Romanticism, symbolism, expressionism, dadaism; further the trends in the Weimar Republic - such as Brecht's epic theatre -, and in Austria. Special attention will also be paid to the exile literature.
The student " Can orient him/herself in the development of literature from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries " Can describe the periods of development " Will know the main authors and works of each period " Can independently analyse and interpret a work of literature within its historical, cultural, and literary context
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Prerequisites
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- Introduction to the Study of Literature - Introduction to the Interpretation of Literary Texts - Instruction in Research and Essay Writing
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To receive credit " Knowledge of the primary literature " Active participation in the analysis and interpretation work in the seminars
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Recommended literature
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Brecht, B. Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder.
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Brod, M. Franz Kafka. Praha. 1966.
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Fontane, Th. Effi Briest.
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Gnüg, H./Möhrmann, R. (Hrsg.). Frauen Literatur Geschichte: Schreibende Frauen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart, 2000.
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HANSERS. Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 16. Jh. bis zur Gegenwart. Wien, 1980.
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Hauptmann, G. Der Bahnwärter Thiel.
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Kafka, F. Die Verwandlung.
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Kautman, F. Svět Franze Kafky. Praha. 1990.
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Keller, G. Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe.
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Mann, Th. Der Tod in Venedig.
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RÖTZER, H.-G. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Bamberg, 1992.
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Stifter, A. Bunte Steine (Vorwort).
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Storm, Th. Immensee.
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Žmegač. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart, Bd. III/2, Weinheim: Althenäum,. 1994.
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