UCJNP016 German Literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (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
The class will offer an overview of German literature between - grossly speaking - the 17th and 19th century, starting from canonical and important text examples. It is focusing at the periods of Early Modernity (i.e., the so-called "Baroque"), Storm and Stress, the Classical Period, and intermediats between the latter, and Romanticism. Basically, it is being asked why Goethe and Schiller still count as the most important representatives of German literature in many places all over the world, how it occurred that their image developed in that way, what their epoque and their lifes looked like, and on what kind of preconditions the German classical literature is founded. Most important didactical aim is to inspire students at self-guided reading of literary texts and text samples. All texts and exercises are to be presented at the website "Moodle" or in the library of the institute of German philology. Class schedule: Introduction. "Baroque" (Early Modernity) and Enlightenment. Texts: Paul Fleming: "An Sich"; Andreas Gryphius: "Abend" (from the sonett cycle on different times of the day); "Threnen des Vatterlandes (Anno 1636)"; Gotthold E. Lessing: "Emilia Galotti" Storm and Stress; Classical texts (Part 1) Texts: Johann Wolfgang Goethe: "Prometheus"; excerpt from "Die Leiden des jungen Werthers"; Friedrich Schiller: "Kabale und Liebe". Classical texts (Part 2) Texts: Selection from the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller (Schiller's portrait of Goethe); "Iphigenie auf Tauris" (excerpt); Friedrich Hölderlin: "Hälfte des Lebens"
Syllabus
  • 1. German literature of the baroque period
    2. German literature of the baroque period (2) (Andreas Gryphius and Paul Fleming)
    3. German literature of the Enlightenment period
    4. German literature of the Enlightenment period (2)
    5. German literature of the Enlightenment period (3) (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
    6. Evaluation of the results of the lecture
    7. Sturm und Drang
    8. Weimar Classicism
    9. Friedrich Schiller: Kabale und Liebe
    10. Friedrich Schiller: Kabale und Liebe (2)
    11. Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust I
    12. Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Faust I
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Anmerkung: Detailliertere, auf die Hausaufgaben bezogene Literatur-Angaben finden sich unter der Beschreibung der einzelnen Lehr-Einheiten. info
  • Alt, Peter André. Aufklärung. Lehrbuch Germanistik. Stuttgart 2007. info
  • Meid, Volker. Barocklyrik. Stuttgart 2008. info
  • Kayser, Wolfgang. Das sprachliche Kunstwerk. Eine Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft. Tübingen / Basel 1992. info
  • D'Aprile, Iwan-Michelangelo / Siebers, Winfried. Das 18. Jahrhundert. Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Berlin 2008. info
  • Frenzel, Herbert A. / Frenzel, Elisabeth. Daten deutscher Dichtung. Chronologischer Abriß der deutschen Literaturgeschichte. 2 Bände. München 2004. info
  • Grimminger, Rolf. Deutsche Aufklärung bis zur Französischen Revolution 1680-1789 (= Hansers Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Band 3). München / Wien 1980. info
  • Steinhagen, Harald / Wiese, Benno von (Hg.). Deutsche Dichter des 17. Jahrhunderts. Ihr Leben und Werk. Berlin 1984. info
  • Szyrocki, Marian:. Die deutsche Literatur des Barock. Eine Einführung. Stuttgart 1979. info
  • Interpretationen. Dramen des Sturm und Drang. Stuttgart 1995. info
  • Hinderer, Walter (Hg.). Interpretationen. Goethes Dramen. Stuttgart 1993. info
  • Interpretationen. Lessings Dramen. Stuttgart 1994. info
  • Hinderer, Walter (Hg.). Interpretationen. Schillers Dramen. Stuttgart 1992. info
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig. Kindlers Literatur Lexikon. Stuttgart / Weimar 2009. info
  • Ueding, Gert. Klassik und Romantik. Deutsche Literatur im Zeitalter der Französischen Revolution 1789-1815 (= Hansers Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Band 4). München / Wien 1987. info
  • Kaiser, Gerhard. Klopstock. Religion und Dichtung. Kronberg 2. Aufl. 1975. info
  • Barner, Wilfried / Grimm, Gunter E. / Kiesel, Helmuth / Kramer,. Lessing. Epoche - Werk - Wirkung. München 6. Aufl. 1998. info
  • Conrads, Norbert. Schlesiens frühe Neuzeit (1469-1740). In: Ders. (Hg.): Deutsche Geschichte im Osten Europas. Schlesien. Berlin 1994. info
  • Dörr, Volker C. Weimarer Klassik. Paderborn 2007. info
  • Borchmeyer, Dieter. Weimarer Klassik. Portrait einer Epoche. Weinheim 1994. 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
Active participation in the course
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2024.
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