UCJNP008 German Literature 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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 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 deals with the German literature of the 20th century, the periodization and the most important directions and trends. Attention is given to the history of German literature from naturalism to the present, including the period after the reunification of Germany in the year 1990. Information about the most important authors and literary periods of German literary history will be included. The seminars will be based on the topics covered in the lectures. The focus of the course is the interpretation of selected literary works. The basis of the text analysis is student reading. The seminars will be realised in the form of homework assignments and consultations with the lecturer. 1. Naturalism in literature 2. Literature at the beginning of the 19th and 20th century - emergence of new literary currents 3. Expressionism in literature 4. Formation of the Weimar Republic 5. The "Golden Twenties" in literature 6. Emergence of the National Socialist dictatorship and his influence on the German literature 7. "Inner emigration" in literature 8. German Exilliteratur 9. Postwar situation in Germany emergence of the Group 47 10. Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany and the history of this state from the beginning to the fall of the Berlin wall 11. Literature in the GDR 12. Literature in reunited Germany Obligatory literature: Barner, W.: Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von 1945 bis zur Gegenwart. München: C.H.Beck, 1994. Beutin, W. (Hrsg.): Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. 6., verbesserte und erweiterte Aufl. Stuttgart/ Weimar: Metzler, 2001. (Možno i starší vydání.) Recommended literature: Brenner, Peter J.: Neue deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Vom ?Ackermann? zu Günter Grass. 2., aktualisierte Aufl. Tübingen: De Gruyter, 2004. (Možno i starší vydání.) 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.
Syllabus
  • 1. Naturalism in literature
    2. Literature at the beginning of the 19th and 20th century - emergence of new literary currents
    3. Expressionism in literature
    4. Formation of the Weimar Republic
    5. The "Golden Twenties" in literature
    6. Emergence of the National Socialist dictatorship and his influence on the German literature 7. "Inner emigration" in literature
    8. German Exilliteratur
    9. Postwar situation in Germany emergence of the Group 47
    10. Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany and the history of this state from the beginning to the fall of the Berlin wall
    11. Literature in the GDR
    12. Literature in reunited Germany
Literature
    recommended literature
  • 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 (Hg.). Deutsche Literaturgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart / Weimar, 2013. 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
  • 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)
Study Materials
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 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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