Course: German Short Stories after 1945

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Course title German Short Stories after 1945
Course code KGER/KNJPO
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
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)
  • Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Brief overview of the short story after 1945 and its characteristics 2. Short story of the Kahlschlag 3. Short story in the 1960s (Peter Bichsel) 4. Short story and short story novels after 1990 (Grass, Schulze, Konecny)

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to make students familiar with the development of German short stories after 1945 in terms of the genre characteristics of and its main representatives. Since this course is designed for students of teaching German as a foreign language, texts for class discussion will be selected with regard to their potential for didactical analysis.
The student - masters the basic features and characteristics of a German short story - is well versed in its development after 1945 - can analyze the genre - is able to work with short stories as a teacher in German class at the appropriate level
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To receive credit - active participation in class discussion - knowledge of the assigned literary texts - written didactic analysis of selected literary texts
Recommended literature
  • BELLMANN, Werner/ HUMMEL, Christine. Deutsche Kurzprosa der Gegenwart. Stuttgart, 2006.
  • BELLMANN, Werner. Interpretationen. Klassische deutsche Kurzgeschichten. Stuttgart, 2004.
  • Forster, Heinz/ Riegel, Paul. Kurzprosa. In: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Nachkriegszeit 1945 ? 1968. München, 1999.
  • Kilchenmann, Ruth J. Die Kurzgeschichte. Formen und Entwicklung. Stuttgart/ Berlin/ Köln/ Mainz, 1968.
  • Nayhauss, Hans-Christoph Graf v. Theorie der Kurzgeschichte. Stuttgart, 2016.
  • Pasche, Wolfgang. Kurzprosa von 1945 ? 2010. Stuttgart, 2016.


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