Course: Selected Chapters from German Literature

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Course title Selected Chapters from German Literature
Course code KCJ/NELI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Hudabiunigg Ingrid, prof.
  • Čapek Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Beginnings of German literature until the end of the Middle Ages. Baroque (1600-1700). Sturm und Drang movement (1767-1785/90). Expressionism (1910-1925). Franz Kafka. German literature of the 1920s and 1930s, German exile literature. Literature of the FRG. Günter Grass. Literature of the German republic. Modern German literature, trivial literature.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The objective of the course is to present selected chapters from the history of German literature, mainly prose, with the emphasis on the development of prosaic genre and the specifics of German literature.
Students will acquire chronological order of German literature and individual work with German literary text, its interpretation, comprehension and meaning judgement. Based on analysis of selected literary works, students will learn about the history of traditional and modern German literature and will gain the ability of their own and independent interpretation of read literature.
Prerequisites
Skills with the ability to read texts in the original German.
KCJ/UDLI

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Active participation in seminars (min. 75% attendance). Completion of set tasks. Reading of German literature - at least 2 "classic" works in the original. Final test covering the lectured topics.
Recommended literature
  • AUTORENKOLLEKTIV. Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Volk und Wissen. Volkseigener Verlag Berlin, 1981.
  • BAUMANN, B., OBERLE, B. Deutsche Literatur in Epochen. Max Hueber Verlag, 1985.
  • EMMERICH, W. Kleine Literaturgeschichte der DDR. Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag, 2000.
  • FRENZEL, H. A., FRENZEL, E. Daten deutscher Dichtung.. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.
  • SCHLOSSER, H.D. Atlas zur deutschen Literatur. Tafeln und Texte. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1983.
  • WUCHERPFENNIG, W. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Ernst Klett Schulbuchverlag Leipzig, 2002.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2013) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer