Course: Introduction to Intercultural Literary

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Course title Introduction to Intercultural Literary
Course code KGER/KN08
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Concepts of difference, alienity and otherness (Sundermeier) 2. Relationship of identity and alterity (Wierlacher, Kristeva) 3. Interculturality concept in German (Wierlacher, Mecklenburg) 4. The concept of transculturality - comparison with the intercultural concept (Welsch, Mecklenburg) 5. Postcolonial theory, the concept of hybridity and the concept of the so-called "third space" (Bhabha) 6. Concept of Interculturality in Literature: Intercultural Literary Science - Its Objectives and Methods 7. Concept of Interculturality in Literature: The term "intercultural literature", its evolution, specifics 8. Concept of Interculturality in Literature today: themes, languages 9. Multilingualism and its influence on the language of intercultural literature (the concept of dialogicity - Bachtin, Chiellino, Amodeo) 10. Literary translation as intercultural phenomen 11. The importance of literary prizes for the reception of intercultural literatury

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course builds on the course "Cultural Studies", develops the concept of interculturality and mediates its grasp in literary studies. The lectures shed light on selected theories and methods of intercultural literary studies. They focus primarily on the question of what intercultural literature enriches contemporary literary scholarship, what new things it brings and where it is heading. In the seminars, students develop their ability to view literary texts from the perspective of intercultural literature through critical analysis of scholarly texts and subsequent discussion of selected aspects of their content. The concept of intercultural literature is integrated into a broader intercultural context.
Student - gain an insight into literary, intercultural theories and methods, - can critically inspect the professional texts of literary science and is able to analyse selected intercultural aspects in the literary work.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit requirements: - Active participation in seminars on the basis of knowledge of professional texts, oral presentation with PPT Exam requirements: - written examination in the form of a test or a seminar paper on one of the topics discussed
Recommended literature
  • Bhabha, K. H. Die Verortung der Kultur. Tübingen, 2000. ISBN 000.
  • Cornejo, R. Einführung in die interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft. 2021.
  • HOFMANN, Michael. Interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft. Eine Einführung. Paderborn, 2006. ISBN 978-3-8252-2839-2.
  • LESKOVEC, A. Einführung in die interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft. Darmstadt, 2011.
  • Mecklenburg, N. Das Mädchen aus der Fremde. Germanistik als interkulturelle Literaturwissenschaft. München, 2008. ISBN 0000.


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