UCJNNPGL History of Lyric Poetry

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Paul Martin Langner (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Paul Martin Langner
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Thu 8:55–9:40 H1
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
UCJNNPGL/A: Thu 9:45–10:30 H1, M. Urbanec
Prerequisites
without precondition
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
What kind of beast, after all, might be a poem? How can it be distinguished from prose works, e.g. a short story or perhaps - a user's manual? How can poems be analysed in a well-structured, informed way? How did this literary genre develop during, say, the last 400 years? Do poems anyhow matter politically or in society? Drawing on the most important periods of the history of poetry, this course tries to find answers to at least some of these questions. It is going to draw on texts by Claudius, Gryphius, Goethe, Hölderlin, Fontane, Brecht, Benn and others. The seminar combines elements from both a lecture and practical exercises. Special emphasis will lie on analysing form and structure of individual texts as exactly as possible. In this way the students are to learn step by step how to analyse less complicated poems which yet are important and representative of their genre on their own. In addition, the attention of students ist to be drawn to fundamental changes in the general picture of literary genres during the course of history. With the help of poetological essays from the 19th century the aesthetical base of the concept of "Erlebnislyrik" is to be introduced, which for a long time after Goethe's death still has worked as the most important distinguishing mark of poetry in general. Based on cute reflections by the literary historian Peter Wapnewski it is to be contrasted with the modernist view of poetry from the 20th century which is based on form.
Learning outcomes
Orientation in the contemporary English literature of various genres. The skill of critical analysis of literary texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Andreas Gryphius a Martin Opitz
  • 2. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Matthias Claudius
  • 3. Christian F. Gellert, Ludiwg Gleim
  • 4. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
  • 5. Friedrich Schiller
  • 6. Novalis
  • 7. Heinrich Heine
  • 8. Theodor Fontane und die Ballada
  • 9. Stefan George a Rainer Maria Rilke
  • 10. Gottfried Benn a Bertolt Brecht
  • 11. Paul Celan und Erich Fried
  • 12. Durs Grünbein und die Lyrik der Gegenwart
  • 13. Zusammenfassende Diskussion
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects, presentations, homework, reading.
Assessment methods
written test, presentation
Language of instruction
German
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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