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Lecturer(s)
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Hrdličková Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The Enlightenment I: philosophical and social concepts, literary theory and drama (Gottsched) 2. The Enlightenment II: Lessing 3. The Enlightenment III: fables (Gellert and Lessing); poetry (Klopstock) 4. Sturm und Drang I: theoretical concepts; the epic (novel) 5. Sturm und Drang II: drama (the bourgeouis tragedy) 6. Weimar Classicism I: basic literary and philosophical terms; poetry 7. Weimar Classicism II: the narrative prose (Wieland and Goethe); Bildungsroman 8. Weimar Classicism III: Schiller and Goethe 9. Between Weimar Classicism and Romanticism: poetry (Hölderlin); epic and drama (Kleist) 10. Romanticism I: Jena; the theory of early Romanticism 11. Romanticism II: Heidelberg; folkart and invented poems and tales 12. Romanticism III: E.T.A. Hoffmann 13. Literary Biedermeier as an interim between Weimar Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism 14. Vormärz: Heinrich Heine and political poetry; drama
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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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This course will introduce the development of the literature in German-speaking areas from 1720 to 1848, and its main authors and works. We will concentrate on individual periods and the development of individual literary genres (novella, drama, novel, fable etc.). The seminars will introduce the key works from the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang period, the Weimar Classicism, German Romanticism, the Biedermeier, and the pre-revolutionary period up to 1848 (Goethe, Schiller, Hölderlin, Heinrich von Kleist, Jean Paul, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Heine, Büchner etc.).
The student " Can orient him/herself in the individual development periods from the Enlightenment to the mid-19th century " Can describe these periods and their characteristics " Knows the main figures and works " Can independently analyse and interpret the literary works in their historical, cultural and literary context
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Prerequisites
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" Introduction to the Study of Literature " Introduction to the Interpretation of Literary Texts " Instruction in Research and Essay Writing
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To obtain credit " Knowledge of the primary literature " Active part in the seminar discussions (analysis and interpretation of the works).
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Recommended literature
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Böttcher, G. Geschichte der deutschen Litetratura von den Anfängen bis zu Gegewart in 12 Bd.. Berlin, 1976.
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Büchner, G. Woyczeck.
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Friedrich Schiller. Kabale und Liebe.
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Gnüg, H./Möhrmann, R. (Hrsg.). Frauen Literatur Geschichte: Schreibende Frauen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart, 2000.
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Goethe, J.W. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers / Faust.
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HANSERS. Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 16. Jh. bis zur Gegenwart. Wien, 1980.
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Heine, H. Buch der Lieder / Romantische Schule.
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Hoffmann, E. T. A. Der Sandmann.
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Kleist, H. Der zerbrochene Krug.
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Lessing, G. E. Nathan der Weise / Emilia Galotti.
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RÖTZER, H.-G. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Bamberg, 1992.
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Schlegel, F. Fragmente.
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Žmegač, V. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart in 3 Bd., Bd. III. Weinheim, 1979.
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