UCJCN126 Contemporary German Literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The lecture introduces in the German literature of the second half of the 20th century. The focus lies both on the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic literature after they year 1945, trying to follow the literary development up to today in certain episodes and reviewing important writers and their works in the given social and political context. The seminar tries to deepen the basics of the lecture and to introduce in further important writers and their works, which the students have to read and to prepare at home to discuss in the seminars. Lectures and seminars: 1. Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany from Kahlschlag to Tendenzwende. 2. Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany from Tendenzwende to the end of 20th century. 3. Literature in the German Democratic Republic in the era Ulbricht. 4. Literature in the German Democratic Republic in the era Honecker. 5. Writers: Heinrich Böll and Wolfgang Koeppen. 6. Writers: Günter Grass and Uwe Johnson. 7. Writers: Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. 8. Heinrich Böll: Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa? / Wolfgang Borchert: Draußen vor der Tür. 9. Wolfgang Koeppen: Das Treibhaus / Hans Erich Nossack: Spätestens im November. 10. Heinrich Böll: Billard um halbzehn / Günter Grass: Katz und Maus. 11. Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Der Besuch der alten Dame / Max Frisch: Homo faber. 12. Bruno Apitz: Nackt unter Wölfen / Christoph Hein: Horns Ende. Obligatory literature: Barner, W.: Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart. München: C.H.Beck, 1994. Recommended literature: Bohn, V.: Deutsche Literatur seit 1945. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1993. Borries, Erika & Ernst: Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997. Frenzel, E.: Daten deutscher Dichtung (Band I und II). 10. Aufl. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1974. Jens, W.: Kindlers Neues Literatur Lexikon. München: Kindler Verlag, 1988. Rinsum, I.: Dichtung und Deutung. Eine Geschichte der deutschen Literatur in Beispielen. 12. Aufl. München: Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag, 1994. Rötzer, H. G.: Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Bamberg: C.C. Buchners Verlag, 1992.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany from Kahlschlag to Tendenzwende.
    2. Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany from Tendenzwende to the end of 20th century.
    3. Literature in the German Democratic Republic in the era Ulbricht.
    4. Literature in the German Democratic Republic in the era Honecker.
    5. Writers: Heinrich Böll and Wolfgang Koeppen.
    6. Writers: Günter Grass and Uwe Johnson.
    7. Writers: Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
    8. Heinrich Böll: Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa? / Wolfgang Borchert: Draußen vor der Tür.
    9. Wolfgang Koeppen: Das Treibhaus / Hans Erich Nossack: Spätestens im November.
    10. Heinrich Böll: Billard um halbzehn / Günter Grass: Katz und Maus.
    11. Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Der Besuch der alten Dame / Max Frisch: Homo faber.
    12. Bruno Apitz: Nackt unter Wölfen / Christoph Hein: Horns Ende.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Attendance, active participation, homework. There will be a written or oral examination at the end of the course.
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