Course: Comprehensive Literature Course

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Course title Comprehensive Literature Course
Course code KGER/KSLI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Jehličková Jarmila, Mgr.
  • Hrdličková Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kvapil Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basic literary categories and concepts, literary hermeneutics 2. Lyrical genres - characteristics and development 3. Narrative genres - characteristics and development 4. Dramatic genres - characteristics and development 5. German-language literature from the Enlightenment to Romanticism 6. German-language literature from Biedermeier to Realism 7. German-language literature from naturalism to 1918 8. German-language literature 1918-1945 9. German-language literature after 1945 10. German-language literature from the Czech Lands

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
On the basis of previous courses in literary theory and German literary history, this course promotes (i) an overview of the development of individual genres and periods, (ii) an application of theory to specific literary works, and (iii) an interpretation of such works within the given cultural-historical context.
The student: " Knows the basic literary-theoretical concepts and literary genres, " Can describe their development, " Can orient him/herself in the history of German language literature, including that of the Czech Lands " Can use literary-theoretical terminology and interpret selected literary works within their cultural-historical context in a given period
Prerequisites
Unspecified literature courses

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To obtain credit " Active participation in the seminars " Completion of assignments
Recommended literature
  • Bohn, V. Deutsche Literatur sein 1945. Frankfurt, 1995.
  • Borries, E. und E. v. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Bd. 3: Die Weimarer Klassik, Goethes Spätwerk. 4. Aufl.. München, 2001.
  • Borries, E. und E. v. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Bde. 2-12. München, 1991.
  • Frenzel, H. A. u. E. Daten deutscher Dichtung. Chronologischer Abriß der deutschen Literaturgeschichte in 2 Bd.. München, 2001.
  • MARTINI, F. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart, 1991.
  • Zeyringer, K. Österreichische Literatur 1945-1998. Insbruck/ Wien, 1999. ISBN 0.


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): Intercultural German Studies (A14) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer