Course: Selected Chapters from Literature of German Speaking Countries

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Course title Selected Chapters from Literature of German Speaking Countries
Course code KGER/KVKNL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Literary interpretation - knowledge classification and deepening 2. Literary interpretation - interpretation based on text or work (text- und werkimmanente Inperpretation) 3. Literary interpretation - historical origin of literary interpretation, the four sense of the Holy Scripture 4.-5. Court literature and its acceptance in modern literature (minnesang, Uhland, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, etc.) 6.-7. Faust as a symbol of a modern human in different versions of German (possibly European) literature (Volksbuch, Marlowe, Goethe, Grabbe, etc.) 8.-9. Simplicissimus by Grimmelshausen and Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart by Komenský - parallels and differences 10. Song versus ode - theoretical background and implementation of two dominant currents in lyric poetry of the 18th and 19th century (Goethe and the Romantics versus Klopstock, Schiller, Hölderlin) 11.-12. Challenge to the Aristotle´s conception of drama (Büchner: Woyzek, Dantons Tod, Wedekind: Frühlings Erwachen) 13.-14. Mystical current of German Naturalism (Hauptmann: Bahnwärter Thiel, Stehr: Gudnatz)

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to develop and strengthen interpretive skills gained during the Bachelor´s Degree program. The course also emphasizes text analysis, improving the ability to think and research independently. Revision of interpretation theory is included as well. Both formal, cultural and historical approaches will be the focus of this course.
Student " knows and can apply various approaches to interpreting a literary text " is able to use independently literary texts of different genres and epochs " can analyze and interpret texts from different points of view
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in seminars, seminar paper on a selected topic, ca. 10 standard pages in length.
Recommended literature
  • Historia von D. Johann Fausten.
  • Kindlers Neues Literaturlexikon in 21 Bänden. München, 1996.
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig / Detering, Heinrich (Hg.). Grundzüge der Literaturwissenschaft. München, 1999.
  • Bahr, Ehrhard. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur (3 Bde.). Tübingen, 1987.
  • Büchner, Georg. Woyzeck.
  • Gerigk, Horst-Jürgen. Lesen und Interpretieren. Göttingen, 2002.
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust.
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Iphigenie auf Tauris.
  • Grabbe, Christian Dietrich. Don Juan und Faust. Stuttgart, 2009.
  • Grimmelshausen, Hans J. Chr. von. Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch.
  • Hauptmann, Georg. Bahnwärter Thiel.
  • Komenský, Jan Amos. Labyrint světa a ráj srdce.
  • Marlowe, Christopher. Die tragische Historie vom Doktor Faustus. Stuttgart, 2005.
  • Stehr, Hermann. Gudnatz.
  • Wedekind, Frank. Frühlings Erwachen. Stutgart, 2012.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Teaching German Language and Literature for Secondary School (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter