NJII_473B The German Problem after 1945

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course describes the main literary and scientific texts written after 1945 about the German problem. The interdisciplinary conception of this Course deals with literary and historiography aspects of this problem, the course supplements all courses about the german literature after 1945.
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to describe the main topics of the discurse about the German problem, to analyse their problems in the contect od the european thought and to interpret the crucial texts.
Syllabus
  • Einführung, Organisation: Deutschheit als Problem. Methodologische Vorüberlegungen. Nichtliterarische Deutschlandreden: H. Lübbe, R. von Weizsäcker, E. Nolte, P. Jenninger, B. Morshäuser. Gemeinsame Interpretation Niederlage oder Befreiung, zwei Modi des nachkriegsdeutschen Seins. Geschichtspolitik: kurzer geschichtlicher Überblick. Vorlesung. Kontroversen in der Geschichtswissenschaft. Vorlesung. Einstieg in die Literatur: Schatten der Gruppe 47. Grenzen der Erinnerungskultur. Zwischen Antisemitismus und Philosemitismus; Vorlesung. G. Grass´ Deutschlandreden; Schreiben nach Auschwitz; Bogen zwischen frühem (Blechtrommel) und spätem Grass (Im Krebsgang). Vorlesung mit gemeinsamer Interpretation. M. Walsers Deutschlandreden; jenseits der Erinnerungskultur? Ein springender Brunnen. Vorlesung mit gemeinsamer Interpretation. H. M. Enzensbergers Position innerhalb des Deutschlanddiskurses. Vorlesung mit gemeinsamer Interpretation. Enzensberger und nichtliterarisches Wissen. Vortrag. Zwei autobiographische Deutschlandtexte: Enzensbergers Tumult und P. Schneiders Rebellion und Wahn. Mein 68. Vorlesung mit gemeinsamer Interpretation. B. Strauß´ esseyistische, prosaische (Rumor) und dramatische (Gleichgewicht, Ithaka) Deutschlandtexte. Vorlesung mit gemeinsamer Interpretation.
Literature
  • URVÁLEK, Aleš. Vyměřování Německa: promluvy o podstatě němectví (Surveying of Germany: Reflections on the Substance of German). První vydání. Brno: Host, 2015, 416 pp. Studium ; svazek 36. ISBN 978-80-7491-524-6. info
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge. It also uses collective work, in-class discussions and individual work of students.
Assessment methods
Colloquium requirements: active participation, 1 paper with theses from a chosen lecture including the analysed texts. The Czech translations of the texts can be found in the library, on the second floor. German originals can be provided on request.
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
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