Course: Trends in Contemporary German Literature

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Course title Trends in Contemporary German Literature
Course code KGER/KTELI
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Important literary prizes and literary works awarded in recent years (Deutscher Buchpreis, Büchner-Preis, Alfred-Döblin-Preis, Chamisso/Hellerau-Preis, Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis) 2. - 3. Works by NJO authors who have won the Nobel Prize for Literature since 2000 4. - 5. The theme of NS and the Holocaust in contemporary NJO literature 6. - 7. Current political and social themes in contemporary NJO literature 8. - 9. New forms: poetry slam, email novels, graphic novels, comics

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The seminar focuses on the latest trends in German-language literature, introducing students to contemporary literary works that have attracted critical attention or received major literary prizes in recent years. On the basis of an analysis of these works, current tendencies and trends in NJO literature are deduced and current theoretical discourse is reflected upon.
The student is oriented in the current tendencies of German-language literature and is able to characterize and interpret them from the perspective of current literary discourse.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
presentation of a paper on a subtopic or a written seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • Abel, J. / Klein, K. Comics und Graphic Novel. 2016.
  • Boeringer, M. / Hochreiter, S. (Hg.). Zeitenwende. Österreichische Literatur seit dem Millenium: 2000-2010. Wien, 2011. ISBN 0.
  • Cornejo, R./ Piontek, S./ Vlasta, S. Aussiger Beiträge 6 (2012). Ústí nad Labem, 2012. ISBN 0.
  • Cornejo, R. Vývojové tendence současné literatury NJO. 2021.
  • Grote, M. / Sandberg, B. Entwicklungen, Kontexte, Grenzgänge. 2010.


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