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Lecturer(s)
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Basic epic forms (novel and its classification, short story, novella: T. Storm: Immensee) 2. Narrative theory (the role of the narrator, narrator's relation to the story, narrative perspective, compositional structure, constellation of characters, space and time) 3. Basics of epic text interpretation (T. Storm: Der Schimmelreiter) 4. Realism (developmental novel, social novel - T. Fontane) 5. Naturalism (naturalistic drama - the so-called Milieustücke) 6. Countercurrents to naturalism: Symbolism, Impressionism, Dadaism, poetry of Viennese modernism (Rilke - Dinggedicht, rhetorical figures and tropics, symbol) 7. Prose of Viennese modernism (inner monologue - A. Schnitzler) 8. Thomas Mann's novellas 9. Expressionism (poetry, modern drama - Stationendrama, Büchner's Woyzeck) 10. Prague German Literature (symbol, allegory, parable: F. Kafka, G. E. Lessing: Ringparabel) 11. Literature of the Weimar Republic, Neue Sachlichkeit (experimental novel - A. Döblin) 12. Austrian and Swiss Literature in 1918-1933 (Musil, Hesse) 13. Literature 1933-1945: literature in exile, dramatic concept of Brecht's epic theater
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to provide an overview of literary tendencies and the development of German-language literature between 1848 and 1945. Students will learn about the most important representatives and key works of the period. In literary theory, attention will be paid to epics (basic epic forms: the novel and its classification, short story, novella and parable) and the basic principles of narratology, as well as the development of modern drama (Büchner, Stationendrama, the concept of epic theater in comparison to the Aristotelian drama theory).
Students will learn about literary tendencies and the development of German-language literature in between 1848 and 1945. They will improve in determining the basic epic forms and their classification, as well as in literary analysis based on the principles of narratology.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To obtain credit - Active participation in seminars - Completion of all assignments
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Recommended literature
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Brecht, Bertolt. Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder. 1939.
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Büchner, Georg. Woyzeck. 1879.
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Döblin, Alfred. Berlin Alexanderplatz. 1929.
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Fontane, Theodor. Effi Briest. 1896.
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Kafka, Franz. Der Prozess. 1925.
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Keller, Johann Gottfried. Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe. 1856.
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