UCJNNK11 German Jewish Literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. phil. Martin Maurach (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
  • German (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives
The course introduces the German Jewish literature of the 20th century and tries to deepen the insight in this interesting and important subject via the interpretation of selected texts. A specific focus lies on the writers who did not live in Germany or Austria, but in other multiethnic and multilingual places in Europe. The seminar focuses especially on writers of the German literature of Prague, from Galicia and the Bukovina. Books and texts for the course can be found in the German library and will be presented by different readers.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
    2. Jewish history and tradition
    3. Introduction in the German literature of Prague
    4. Franz Kafka: Das Urteil
    5. Franz Kafka: Das Urteil (2)
    6. The position of the father: Sigmund Freud's concept of Oedipus
    7. Galicia: Joseph Roth: Juden auf Wanderschaft
    8. Bukovina: Rose Ausländer, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Itzik Manger
    9. Paul Celan: Todesfuge
    10. Writing after Auschwitz: Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs, Theodor W. Adorno
    11. German Jewish literature of the present age
    12. Summary
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Topolská, Lucy / Václavek, Ludvik. Beiträge zur deutschsprachigen Literatur in Tschechien (= Beiträge zur mährischen deutschsprachigen Literatur, hg. v. Ingeborg Fiala-Fürst, Band 3). Olomouc 2000. info
  • Goltschnigg, Dietmar / Schwob, Anton (Hg.). Die Bukowina. Studien zu einer versunkenen Literaturlandschaft. Tübingen 1990. info
  • Diner, Dan (Hg.). Enzyklopädie jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Gesamtwerk in 7 Bänden inkl. Registerband. Stuttgart 2011. info
  • Werner, Klaus. Erfahrungsgeschichte und Zeugenschaft. Studien zur deutsch-jüdischen Literatur aus Galizien und der Bukowina. München 2003. info
  • Lohmann, Hans-Martin / Pfeiffer, Joachim (Hg.). Freud-Handbuch. Leben - Werk - Wirkung. Stuttgart 2006. info
  • Kaszyński, Stefan H. (Hg.). Galizien - eine literarische Heimat. Poznań 1987. info
  • Müller, Michael (Hg.). Interpretationen. Franz Kafka. Romane und Erzählungen. Stuttgart 1994. info
  • Sternburg, Wilhelm von. Joseph Roth. Eine Biographie. Köln 2010. info
  • Kessler, Michael / Hackert, Fritz (Hg.). Joseph Roth. Interpretation - Rezeption - Kritik. Tübingen 1990. info
  • Krolop, Kurt / Zimmermann, Hans Dieter (Hg.). Kafka und Prag (= Colloqium im Goethe-Institut Prag, November 1992). Berlin / New York 1994. info
  • Kiedaisch, Petra (Hg.). Lyrik nach Auschwitz? Adorno und die Dichter. Stuttgart 2006. info
  • Kilcher, Andreas B. (Hg.). Metzler Lexikon der deutsch-jüdischen Literatur. Jüdische Autorinnen und Autoren deutscher Sprache von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart 2000. info
  • Chalfen, Israel. Paul Celan. Eine Biographie seiner Jugend. Frankfurt am Main 1983. info
  • Goldstücker, Eduard. Weltfreunde. Konferenz über die Prager deutsche Literatur. Prag 1967. 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
Attendance, active participation, homework. There will be a written or oral examination at the end of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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