Course: Forcible Transfer and Ejection in German-Written Literature from Bohemia and Moravia

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Course title Forcible Transfer and Ejection in German-Written Literature from Bohemia and Moravia
Course code KGER/0983
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jehličková Jarmila, Mgr.
Course content
Survey of Themes: 1. Defining the concepts of migration forms (escape, ejection, forcible /compulsory transfer, expatriation, resettlement, deportation, evacuation) and the concepts of the terminology of literary scholarship (exile literature, migration literature, "Heimatliteratur", "Vertriebenenliteratur", "Vertreibungsliteratur"). 2. Literary works from the Sudeten German "Podkrkonoší" - Josef Mühlberger. 3. Poetic and prosaic autobiographic works of Annelies Schwarz concerning ejection of Sudeten German inhabitants from Northern and North Western Bohemia 4. The Picture of the 20th century Northern Bohemia in the novel Vertreibung aus dem Paradies der Kindheit by Emil Karl Stöhr and the works written by Margarete Kubelková and Otfried Preußler. 5. The post-war events in Ústí nad Labem as reflected in the work of Isolde Heyne (the novel Gewitterblumen) and Marianne Wintersteiner (the novelette Elischka). 6. The picture of southern and south western Bohemia from the viewpoint of the 20th century migration forms - literary works of Sidonia Dedina (Als die Tiere starben), Margarete Kraus (Himmel über Pichlern), Heribert Rück (Wege und Zeichen) and Gertrud Fussenegger. 7. "The Bohemian Trilogy" ( "Böhmische Trilogie") written by Josef Holub - a literary picture from the years 1938-1948 in Czech-Bavarian cross-border areas. 8. Gudrun Pausewang´s contribution to Czech -German reconciliation (literary analysis of the trilogy "Rosinkawiese" and the novel Auf einem langen Weg). 9. The works of Moravian female novelists Olga Barényi (Prager Totentanz) and Erica Pedretti (Engste Heimat). 10. The destinies of German inhabitants of Brno, the so called Brno Death March" (Brünner Todesmarsch). The works of Peter Härtling and Hugo Fritsch. (Hugo Fritsch: Hugo, das Delegationskind/Zůstal jsem sám. Bylo mi 13). 11. Härtling´s fateful life and literary theme in his works written for adults readers - analysis of the novel Große, kleine Schwester (Brno, drahé Brno/Brno, Dear Brno). 12. Härtling´s works for children and youth with the themes of escape and ejection. 13. The theme of the loss of the mother country, forcible transfer and ejection in the North Bohemian borderland in literature of the 21st century as seen by post-war generations: Reinhard Jirgl: Die Unvollendeten (2003), Jörg Bernig: Niemandszeit (2002). 14. Literary reflection of the destinies of Sudeten-German inhabitants and a picture of the Czech borderland between the years 1945 and 1948 in modern Czech literature (Kateřina Tučková: Vyhnání Gerty Schnirch, Zdeněk Šmíd: Cejch, Jan Procházka: Ať žije republika/ Long Live the Republic).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes

The core of this branch of science will be seen in literary analyses and interpretation of texts and at the same time students will be extending their knowledge about German literature in the Czech-German intercultural and interdisciplinary context on the basis of reading /studying primary and secondary texts, they will also improve their interpretative and argumentative skills.
Prerequisites
"Theory and methods of intercultural research"

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in the seminars based on regular reading the works of primary literature, an oral presentation, or a seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Dornemann, A. Flucht und Vertreibung aus den ehemaligen deutschen Ostgebieten in Prosaliteratur und. Stuttgart, 2005.
  • Feuchert, S. (Hg.). Flucht und Vertreibung in der deutschen Literatur. Frankfurt am Main, 2001.
  • Helbig, L. F. Der ungeheure Verlust. Flucht und Vertreibung in der deutschsprachigen Belletristik. Wiesbaden, 1996.
  • Kroll, F.-L. Flucht und Vertreibung in der Literatur nach 1945. Berlin, 1997.
  • Mehnert, E. (Hg.). Landschaften der Erinnerung. Flucht und Vertreibung aus deutscher, polnischer und. Frankfurt am Main, 2001.
  • Schneiß, W. Flucht, Vertreibung und verlorene Heimat im früheren Ostdeutschland. Beispiele. Frankfurt am Main, 1996.


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): German Philology in the Czech-German Intercultural Context (A12) Category: Philological sciences - 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 - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -