FF:UzNJII_112 Parable in the Germ. Lit. - Course Information

UzNJII_112 Parable in the Modern German Literature

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

• German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)

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.

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