NJI_14A German literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Munzar, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Trombiková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lectures and seminars present a selected period of early modern literature in German (baroque, enlightenment, Weimar classicism, romanticism, realism, etc.), or one of their essential aspects (eg minnesang, volksbuch, etc.). Therefore, not each of these periods will be discussed, but only one, aiming at conveying students a differentiated, diverse view of this period / its selected aspect.
The lecture part of the course is a series of lectures given by various lecturers, aiming at thematic and methodological polyphony. In the seminar section, discussions about (pre-read) paradigmatic texts related to the lecture are held.
The objective of the course is to provide students with knowledge about a certain formation of German literary history (period, genre, theme, aesthetics, medium, etc.), not neglecting the "created", complex and often contradictory nature of that period, genre or theme. This approach also corresponds to the concept of the literary part of the bachelor's examination, which is not a cursory overview of periods. Students who have passed the series of courses in literary history (except for Chapters II, NJI_14, also Chapters I, NJI_10, and Chapters III, NJI_17) have the option of profiling in the literature part of the bachelor's examination, where they, however, must demonstrate a more specific, more plastic knowledge of the area they have specialized in.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course students will:
- be able to explain basic period, genre, aesthetic and thematic concepts of a literary period or formation and will be able to present them based on the example of specific texts,
- will have an idea of the alternative concepts of a given period or formation based on their reception in German literary critism,
- will be able to understand the paradigm of important representatives / texts of the period,
- learn how to process other formations in literary history by themselves, so as to capture the links between its universals (genres, themes, typical representatives) and specific texts.
Syllabus
  • Themes, genre conventions of the period.
  • Literary sociology of the epoch, literary communication, literary institutions.
  • Paradigmatic texts and authors.
  • The concept of the epoch in (older) German literary criticism, movements in the canon of the period.
  • Reading texts / snippets relating to a given literary formation, case interpretations.
Literature
  • BAHR, Ehrhard and Wulf KÖPKE. Dějiny německé literatury : kontinuita a změna : od středověku po současnost. Translated by Markéta Kachlíková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2006, 439 s. ISBN 8024610485. info
  • BOERNER, Peter. Goethe. Edited by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Translated by Lucy Topoľská. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 167 s., [1. ISBN 80-7198-085-4. info
  • MARTINI, Fritz. Deutsche Literaturgeschichte : von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Edited by Angela Martini-Wonde. 19., neu bearb. Aufl. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner Verlag, 1991, vii, 765. ISBN 3520196190. info
  • Deutsche Literatur in Schlaglichtern. Edited by Bernd Balzer - Volker Mertens. Mannheim: Meyers Lexikonverlag, 1990, 516 s. ISBN 3-411-02702-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, guided discussion, presentation, literature search
Assessment methods
active attendance, reading, written test, essay
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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