UCJNP008 German Literature 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach
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
Based on the intense reading of canonical texts, this class is to introduce students into German literature from the 20th century. In addition, some basic issues of how to write literary history, elementary techniques of analyses and iterpretation, and the most important facts from general history as well as the most prominent literary movements and groups are focused at. From the latter, expressionism, dadaism, the circle around Stefan George, and, from after 1945, the Gruppe 47 will be treated in more detail. In general, the period from about 1900 until after the German reunification from 1990 will be dealt with. Works by the following authors will be treated in greater detail: Ilse Aichinger, Gottfried Benn, Heinrich Böll, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Döblin, Rainald Goetz, Ernst Jünger, Heinrich and Thomas Mann, Friederike Mayröcker. The seminar is based on the analysis of selected texts which, on its hand, presupposes intense reading and regular writing of little essays at home, e.g. protocols of read texts or parts of lectures listened to.
Syllabus
  • Introduction (Part I): What is, and why and how to write literary history
    Introduction (Part II): How to read and analyse literary texts
    Literature from about 1900: Gerhart Hauptmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and others
    The circle around Stefan George
    Literary expressionism and dadaism
    Literature from the Weimar Republic, the 'Third Reich', and the Exile. Special focus at the works of Alfred Döblin, Ernst Jünger, Franz Kafka, Heinrich and Thomas Mann, and others.
    Bertolt Brecht and German drama in the 20th century
    The role of the Gruppe 1947 in German literature after war
    Womnen's writing in the 20th century
    The two German states, their reunification, and literary history
    1914 through 1989: A 'short' 20th century, and its reflection in literary works?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Anmerkung: Detailliertere, auf die Hausaufgaben bezogene Literatur-Angaben finden sich unter der Beschreibung der einzelnen Lehr-Einheiten. info
  • Fähnders, Walter. Avantgarde und Moderne 1890 - 1933. Lehrbuch Germanistik. Stuttgart / Weimar 2010. info
  • Kayser, Wolfgang. Das sprachliche Kunstwerk. Eine Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft. Tübingen / Basel 1992. info
  • Wiese, Benno von (Hg.). Deutsche Dichter der Moderne. Ihr Leben und Werk. Berlin 3. Aufl. 1975. info
  • Steinecke, Hartmut (Hg.). Deutsche Dichter des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihr Leben und Werk. Berlin 1994. info
  • Grimm, Gunter E. / Max, Frank Rainer (Hg.). Deutsche Dichter. Stuttgart 1993. info
  • Beutin, Wolfgang / Ehlert, Klaus / Emmerich, Wolfgang u. a. (Hg. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte von den Anfängen. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig (Hg.). Die Gruppe 47 - Ein kritischer Grundriß. Sonderband der Edition Text + Kritik. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig. Die westdeutsche Literatur 1945 bis 1990. München 1996. info
  • Vietta, Silvio / Kemper, Hans-Georg. Expressionismus. München 6. Aufl. 1997. info
  • Bahr, Ehrhard (Hg.). Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Dritter Band. Vom Realismus bis zur Gegenwartsliteratur. Tübingen / Basel 2. Aufl. 1998. info
  • Barner, Wilfried (Hg.). Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von 1945 bis zur Gegegnwart. München 1994. info
  • Schnell, Ralf. Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Literatur seit 1945. Stuttgart / Weimar 2. Aufl. 2003. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig. Junge Lyrik. Text + Kritik, Zeitschrift für Literatur, Heft 171. München 2006. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig. Kindlers Literatur Lexikon. Stuttgart / Weimar 2009. info
  • Kindlers Literaturgeschichte der Gegenwart. Autoren, Werke, Themen, Tendenzen seit 1945. Aktualisierte Ausgabe. Frankfurt am Main 1992. info
  • Emmerich, Wolfgang. Kleine Literaturgeschichte der DDR. Leipzig Erweiterte Neuaufl. 1996. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig (Hg.). Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur. München 1978ff. info
  • Weyergraf, Bernhard (Hg.). Literatur der Weimarer Republik. München / Wien 1995 (= Hansers Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Bd. 8). info
  • Opitz, Michael / Hofmann, Michael (Hg.). Metzler Lexikon der DDR-Literatur. Stuttgart 2009. info
  • Ammer, Andreas. Vom Glanz und Vergehen der Gruppe 47. Dokumentation, Deutschland, 2007, 45 Min. Buch. info
  • Grub, Frank Thomas. ,Wende' und ,Einheit' im Spiegel der deutschsprachigen Literatur. Ein Handbuch. (Band 1: Untersuchungen. Band 2: Bibliographie.) Berlin / New York 2003. info
  • Lorenz, Dagmar. Wiener Moderne. Stuttgart / Weimar 1995. 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
Intense, active reading (at home!), active participation in class, writing of short essays at home, written final examination.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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