UCJNPLIT German Literature in the 20th Century

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (lecturer)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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 subject of this class is an introduction into German literature from the twentieth century by th aid of lyric poetry and (in most cases) short texts in prose or excerpts. The time span to be covered reaches from the turn of the century (Rainer Maria Rilke) to literary works that have been written after the German re-unification. The most important authors to be dealt with will be Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Doeblin, Friedrich Duerrenmatt, Heinrich Boell, Christa Wolf and Volker Braun. A special emphasis will be placed on the form and structure of literary texts and elementary techniques of how to analyse them. Short prose by Marie Luise Kaschnitz will serve as a model for such an analysis. Titles of texts and studies will be named on the Moodle website resp. by the teacher in the resp. lessons.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Regular attendance in class (minimum 80 %) with active participation at classroom discussions. Presentation of an author or text in class at a length of about 20 min., written final exam with questions to four of the authors and / or texts introduced in the course. The presentation of an author and / or text implies an oral lecture of about 20 min. length and a written summary of about 2 pages in complete sentences.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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