NJII_97 Autobiographical Writting

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:20–19:05 5, Wed 19:10–19:55 5
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 modern form of the authobiography arose from the pietistic confessions ("Erweckungsgeschichten"). Goethe emphasized the aesthetic aspects and the new drift of the occurences in the later perspective. In the 19th century the authors of autobiographies tried to maintain the the balance between the self-portrait en the portrait of their time. The witness, the allegations of facts were not infirmed yet. In the 20th century the process of writing becames more important because the writer missed the former confidence in truth and soul. He seeks his own identity. The autobiography by Thomas Bernhard has crossed the borderline between non-fiction and fiction.
Syllabus
  • 1. The evolution of the authobiography, its demarcation from the relative genres. 2. Henrich Stillings Jugend ( 1777) 3. Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Aus meinem Leben. Dichtung und Wahrheit. (1811 - 1831) 4. Franz Grillparzer: Selbstbiographie ( geschreiben 1853, erschienen1872) 5. Arthur Schnitzler: Jugend in Wien (geschrieben postum 1968) 6. Jakob Wassermann kam 1898 nach Wien: Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude. Berlin 1921. 7. Walter Benjamin: Berliner Kindheit um 1900. (entstanden nach 1933, veröffentlicht 1950) 8. Klaus Mann: Kind dieser Zeit (1932). 9. Gottfried Benn: Doppelleben (1950). 10. Thomas Bernhard: Die Ursache. Salzb. (1975 ) 11. Die gerettete Zunge. Geschichte einer Jugend (1977) 12. Flusser, Vilem: Bodenlos. Eine philosophische Autobiographie (1992)
Literature
  • Wolfgang Paulsen: Das Ich im Spiegel der Sprache. Autobiographisches Schreiben in der dt. Lit. des 20. Jh. Tübingen 1991.
  • BERNHARD, Thomas. Obrys jednoho života. Translated by Vratislav Slezák - Marek Nekula. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 461 s. ISBN 8020406239. info
  • CANETTI, Elias. Die gerettete Zunge : Geschichte einer Jugend. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1979, 318 s. ISBN 3596220831. info
  • SCHNITZLER, Arthur. Jugend in Wien : eine Autobiographie. Edited by Therese Nickl - Heinrich Schnitzler. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1981, 380 s. ISBN 3596220688. info
  • FLUSSER, Vilém. Bezedno :filosofická autobiografie. Translated by Josef Kosek - Božena Koseková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Hynek, 1998, 225 s. ISBN 80-85906-91-0. info
  • GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Z mého života : báseň i pravda. Edited by Kurt Krolop, Translated by Věra Macháčková-Riegerová. Vyd. v tomto překladu 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 613 s. ISBN 802040712X. info
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Seminární práce věnované jednotlivým brněnským periodikům budou předneseny na společném semináři se studenty vídeňského Ústavu srovnávací literární vědy.
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2005, Spring 2008, Spring 2011, Autumn 2013, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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