NJK27 Literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Munzar, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Munzar, CSc.
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 lecture points out the key moments of the German medieval literature up to the period of the late Middle Ages on the examples of selected literary works. Starting with the old German period (see above) till the important works of the old German period. (see above as well) We will also concentrate on the song writing of selected authors of the early new German period and on the key works of this period (see above as well).
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: Revision: 1. "Welaga nu, waltant got, wewurt skihit! " German heroic epic on the example of the Song about Hildebrandt. 2. Selected old German and old Saxon literary works. 3. The empire of Charles the Great, his political and religious efforts "Renovatio Imperii". Alkuin von York as a leading personality of the religious renaissance of the period of Ch. the Great. 4. Roswitha von Gandersheim. 5. German Marian poetry of the Middle Ages. "Typology in the Middle Ages on the example of the Marian Song from Melk. 6. Continuation – early middle German period: Ezzolied, Annolied. 7. Basic concepts of the courtly poetry. 8. German "minnesang" and its main phases – short overview. 9. Courtly novel. "Erec" and "Iwein" by Hartmann von Aue. 10. The Song of the Niebelungs: "courtly - made" heroic song. 11. Mönch von Salzburg, Oswald von Wolkenstein: late lyric. 12. "Oráč z Čech" (The Ploughman of Bohemia) and his poetical idea, his place in the early new German literature.
Literature
  • Dinzelbacher, Peter: Sachwörterbuch der Mediävistik. (erhältlich zum Studium im Arbeitsraum von S. Stanovská)
  • UHROVÁ, Eva. Einführung in die ältere deutsche Literatur (Introduction to the Older German Literature). 2nd ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2002, 59 pp. 2. vyd. ISBN 80-210-2796-7. info
Assessment methods
written 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 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2021.
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