UCJNP049 Special Seminar in German Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Dr. phil. Thomas Schneider (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Dr. phil. Thomas Schneider
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course, created for the second year of Bachelor Studies, introduces epic texts, written after the year1945 in the former western (BRD) and eastern (DDR) Germany. The course focuses on the short story as a genre which is not to difficult to read, to understand and to deal with. The intention is to discuss the specific topics and formal structures of the German short stories of that time and to analyze the similarities and differences between the western and eastern texts. The students will analyze stories written by the most outstanding German writers.
Syllabus
  • 1. German literature after 1945
    2. The Short story
    3. Wolfgang Borchert: Die Kegelbahn and Das Brot
    4. Heinrich Böll: Dr. Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen
    5. Discussion of homework
    6. Wolfgang Hildesheimer: Das Ende einer Welt
    7. Johannes Bobrowski: Rainfarn
    8. Erwin Strittmatter: Schwertlilien
    9. Discussion of homework
    10. Günter Kunert: Lieferung frei Haus
    11. Experiment: Construction of a short story
    12. Discussion of the experiment
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Fähnders, Walter. Avantgarde und Moderne 1890 - 1933. Lehrbuch Germanistik. Stuttgart / Weimar 2010. info
  • Rötzer, Hans Gerd (Hg.). Begriffsbestimmung des literarischen Expressionismus. Darmstadt 1976. info
  • Hohendahl, Peter Uwe:. Das Bild der bürgerlichen Welt im expressionistischen Drama. Heidelberg 1967. info
  • Kayser, Wolfgang. Das sprachliche Kunstwerk. Eine Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft. Tübingen / Basel 1992. info
  • Leonhardt, Nicole. Die Farbmetaphorik in der Lyrik des Expressionismus. Augsburg 2004. info
  • Knapp, Gerhard P. Die Literatur des deutschen Expressionismus. Einführung - Bestandsaufnahme - Kritik. München 1979. info
  • Heselhaus, Clemens. Die Lyrik des Expressionismus. Voraussetzungen, Ergebnisse, Grenzen. Nachwirkungen. Tübingen 1956 [= Anthologie mit Vorwort und Kommentar]. info
  • Denkler, Horst. Drama des Expressionismus. München 1967. info
  • Bogner, Ralf Georg. Einführung in die Literatur des Expressionismus. Darmstadt 2005. info
  • Raabe, Paul. Expressionismus. Der Kampf um eine literarische Bewegung. München 1965. info
  • Brinkmann, Richard. Expressionismus. Internationale Forschung zu einem internationalen Phänomen. Stuttgart 1980. info
  • Vietta, Silvio / Kemper, Hans-Georg. Expressionismus. München 6. Aufl. 1997. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig. Kindlers Literatur Lexikon. Stuttgart / Weimar 2009. info
  • Anz, Thomas. Literatur des Expressionismus. Stuttgart / Weimar 2002. info
  • Arnold, Armin. Prosa des Expressionismus. Herkunft, Analyse, Inventar. Stuttgart 1972. info
  • Krull, Wilhelm. Prosa des Expressionismus. Stuttgart 1984. info
  • Muschg, Walter. Von Trakl bis Brecht. Dichter des Expressionismus. München 1961. info
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 8 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Attendance, active participation, homework. There will be a written or oral examination at the end of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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