1. Introduction, periodization, literary language development, development of literature functions and archaic concept of genres 2. Old German literature I - the oldest texts written in German, heroic poetry and enchantments, alliteration 3. Old German literature II - Hildebrandslied 4. Middle Ages - court poetry (minnesang, leich, political lyric poetry) 5. Middle Ages III - court epic (court novel, Niebelungenlied) 6. Middle Ages IV - religious literature, rewriting of Bible texts, legends, mystical texts and sermons 7. Humanism, the Reformation and Renaissance I - humanistic education, printing, Der Ackermann aus Böhmen 8. Humanism, the Reformation and Renaissance II - the Reformation, Martin Luther´s Bible translation, spiritual song and leaflet literature 9. Humanism, the Reformation and Renaissance III - carnival plays, fool´s literature, Schwank 10. Humanism, the Reformation and Renaissance IV - Meistersang, popular reading 11. Baroque I - cultural assumptions, reform of German poetry (Opitz), style creating elements in Baroque literature 12. Baroque II - literature of Protestant cultural area - attention on German language and poetry (language communities), poetry centers (Königsberg, so called Silesian school, North Germany, etc.), drama, Pietism 13. Baroque III - literature of Catholic cultural area - Munich tract school, linguistic exclusivity, spiritual song and conceptual sermons, picaresque novel and its acceptance in German literature 14. Acceptance of older German literature in the 19th and 20th century: heroic songs and court culture in German nationalism, picaresque novel in modern German literature (Uhland, Mann, Brecht, Grass), change of perception of Protestant and Catholic Baroque
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