UzNJII_112 Parable in the Modern German Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Kopřiva, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Roman Kopřiva, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:10–14:55 G24
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 aim of this course is to give the student an overview of the history of rasism and the theory of rasism of the parabolic forms in the (elder and) newer German literature (fable, parable, simile, examples etc.) The theoretical background will be exemplified with literary texts. At the end of the course the student will be able to understand the essential of the topic and will be able to give scientific arguments for his/her opinions.
Syllabus
  • Classification of the parabolic forms according to Braak (Poetik in Stichworten)
  • according to Aristotle - Rhetorik (paradigm /example, Enthymem /rhetoric syllogisms, parabolai (similes), logoi /narrations/ etc.),
  • ainos, fabula, bispel, bischaft, spel), Maschal in biblischen Texten
  • Aesop, Babrius, Phaedrus,
  • Medieval: Heinrich Steinhöwel, Antonius Pforr, Ulrich Boner,
  • Reformation (Erasmus Alberus, Martin Luther, Burkard Waldis, Philipp Melanchthon),
  • between Reformation and Enlightment (Philipp Harsdörfer, Wolfgang Rauscher, Abraham a Sancta Clara, Johann Balthasar Schupp,
  • Enlightment (Gottsched, Breitinger, Bodmer, Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer, Daniel Wilhelm Triller, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Gleim, Lessing)
  • Herder, Jacob Grimm, Hegel - Esthetics, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Wilhelm Hertzberg, Adolf Jülicher,
  • Weimar Republic (Edwin Hoernle, Erich Weinert, Friedrich Wolf),
  • Kafka,
  • Post-war(Frisch, Dürrenmatt, Eich, Aichinger e.a.)
Literature
  • Elm, Theo. Die moderne Parabel> Parabel und Parabolik in Theorie und Geschichte. 2. überarb. Aufl. München: Fink, 1991. 356 S. ISBN 3-7705-2706-2.
  • Billen, Josef (Ed.)Deutsche Parabeln. Stuttgart> Reclam, 1982. 308 S. ISBN 3-15-007761-3.
  • Dithmar, Reinhard (Ed.). Texte zur Theorie der Fabeln, Parabeln und Gleichnisse. München: dtv, 1982. 230 S. ISBN 3-423-06119-7.
  • Billen, Josef (Ed.)Die deutsche Parabel: Zur Theorie einer modernen Erzählform. Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchgesellschaft, 1986. 456 S. ISBN 3-534-09651-7.
Assessment methods
oral colloquium + written paper
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009.
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