UCJNNKSPL Special Seminar in German Literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Paul Martin Langner (seminar tutor)
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
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
The seminar course offers an overview of the most important authors of the latest German literature, reaching from the 16th to the 21th century. Firstly, the selected authors will be analyzed as part of a specific historic time. Then the literary works themselves will be presented in the context of their time. Furthermore, the students of this seminar course will learn how to discuss selected texts. The used source is always the compulsory reading material. Used are also audiovisual materials and records of some analyzed texts.
Learning outcomes
Orientation in the contemporary English literature of various genres. The skill of critical analysis of literary texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Einführung in Inhalte und Methoden der Stoff- und Motivgeschichte am Beispiel der Faustgestalt
  • 2. Überblick über die Geschichte der Faust-Gestalt
  • 3. Faust im Volksbuch
  • 4. Marlowe, Lessing u.a.: Faust im 18. Jh., besonders im Sturm und Drang
  • 5. Goethes „Faust“-Dichtungen: Entstehung und Gehalt
  • 6. Goethes „Faust“-Dichtungen: Form; Analyse exemplarischer Szenen
  • 7. Flix‘ (d.i. Görmanns) „Faust“-Comic von 2010
  • 8. Vergleich exemplarischer Szenen bei Goethe und Flix
  • 9. Rezeptionsgeschichte von Goethes „Faust“ im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
  • 10. Fr. Wilhelm Murnaus Verfilmung des „Faust“-Stoffes (nach dem Volksbuch) in den 1920er Jahren
  • 11. Der ‚Fall‘ Gustav Gründgens und Klaus Manns Exil-Roman „Mephisto“ (1936)
  • 12. Thomas Manns Roman „Doktor Faustus“ (1947)
  • 13. Versuch eines Resümees: Der Faust-Stoff als Kapitel deutscher Literatur-, Medien- und Ideologiegeschichte
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects, presentations, homework, reading.
Assessment methods
credit, presentation
Language of instruction
German
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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